Online Auction 021 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture

Collection of Autographs – IDF Commanders in Chief and Major Generals – Ya'akov Dori, Moshe Dayan, Yitzchak Rabin, Motta Gur, Yigal Allon and Others

Opening: $150
Sold for: $213
Including buyer's premium
Collection of autographs – letters, notes and photographs signed by senior IDF figures.
Among them: * Autographs of the first thirteen IDF Commanders in Chief: Ya'akov Dori (signature on a typewritten letter from 1951), Yigal Yadin, Mordechai Maklef, Moshe Dayan (two autographs – signature on an official letter of the office of the Commander in Chief and an English signature on a printed brochure), Chaim Laskov (letter in his handwriting), Zvi Tzur, Yitzchak Rabin, Chaim Bar-Lev (signed photograph), David Elazar, Mordechai (Motta) Gur, Raphael Eitan (Raful). Moshe Levi and Ehud Barak. * Autographs of the Major-Generals Avraham Eden, Yigal Allon and Uzi Narkiss (two autographs).
The autographs are arranged in a ring binder alongside English brochures (with short biographies, translations of the Hebrew letters and additional information about the autographs) and pictures of the signatories.
A total of 18 autographs. Size and condition vary. Good overall condition. Stains. Filing holes in some of the items. A few creases and small tears.
Provenance: The Michael Hecht Autograph Collection.
Letters and Autographs
Letters and Autographs