Fourteen photographs of soldiers in the British Army and the Jewish Legion in Palestine. Bir Salem, Jerusalem, and elsewhere; most photographs from 1919.
The photographs depict: soldiers of the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers in Bir Salem; a tent camp next to the fortress of Antipatris (Ras al-Ayn); soldiers boxing; reception for Colonel Eliezer Margolin, Commander of the 39th Battalion Royal Fusiliers, in Ben Shemen (photograph printed on postcard); and more.
Ten photographs are dated and captioned by hand on verso, in English (probably by a soldier in the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, stationed in Bir Salem in 1919).
Size and condition vary. Notations on verso.
Enclosed: Official postcard issued by the Palestine Office of the World Zionist Organization in 1914: "due to the present political situation, we are not able to provide any information…" (printed form; not filled-in).
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.