Topographical map of Jerusalem (scale: 1:10,000), printed by the Survey of Palestine Department under the British Mandate Government, 1946. Consists of four sheets. English.
Marked on the map, with a marker, is the borderline called the "Municipal Line", part of the "Green Line" dividing Jerusalem between the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Jordan. The Map is signed twice in the hand of David Ben-Gurion (at the bottom of the one of the sheets, near the legend, and at the bottom of the map itself). Apparently, Ben-Gurion signed the map near the time the borderline was drawn at the end of 1948, or in 1949 (the "Municipal Line" was traced by Moshe Dayan, commander of the Etzioni Brigade, and Abdullah el-Tell, the Jordanian commander, at the end of the War of Independence in November 1948. Although the border was supposed to be a temporary ceasefire line, it was accepted in 1949 as part of the Rhodes Accords).
Approx. 109.5X105 cm (four attached sheets), framed (without a glass pane). Fair condition. Dark paper. Stains. Coarse tears. Apparently, the line marking the border was reinforced at a later time.
Provenance:
1. Collection of Minister Dov Yosef.
2. Presented as a gift to Mr. Chaim Paz of Jerusalem.