Auction 050 Part 2 Special Chabad Auction in Honor of Chag HaGeulah Yud-Tes Kislev – Rosh Hashana of Chassidut – Marking the Date in which Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi was Released from Czarist Imprisonment
Handkerchief of the Lubavitcher Rebbe – Embroidered with the Rebbe's Initials
Handkerchief of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson.
Transparent white fabric. The initials MS are embroidered in the right corner of the handkerchief, inside a heart-like decoration (the initials of the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Schneerson).
Enclosed is a letter of authenticity (handwritten note in English), signed in Hebrew by his nephew R. Shalom Dov Ber (Barry) Gurary, only grandson of the Rebbe Rayatz (son of his daughter Rebbetzin Chana and her husband R. Shemaryahu Gurary): "I hereby gift… a handkerchief of my uncle [the Lubavitcher Rebbe] with his initials on it. Once during a family meal at my grandfather's apartment [the Rebbe Rayatz] I had a very bad cold and was sneezing a lot. My uncle gave me his handkerchief. After washing it I wanted to return it and my uncle told me to keep it. It has his initials MS on it". The letter is dated March 25, 1990.
Approx. 34x32 cm. Good condition.
Included is a wooden box that may have also been used by the rebbe or his family (the box was given along with the handkerchief, but it is not mentioned in the letter of authenticity).