A bond issued by "S. Friedman & Sons, Carmel Original, Haifa & Petah-Tiqvah, Palestine. Distilleries and Cellars of Wine, Liquors and Cognacs" (Carmel Original Winery). Jerusalem: Lifshitz press, 1920s.?A blank bond in the amount of $100 in which the company promises to pay the specified amount and the interest to the holder of the bond. On the upper and lower part of the leaf, four photographs of the structures of the winery, the vineyard and the workers are printed.
The note is complete; the 20 interest coupons were not detached (on four coupons, the printed serial number does not match the number of the bond). ?Carmel Original winery was established in Haifa by Shimon Friedman, born in Tiberias, in 1889. In 1912 Friedman acquired a winery located in the Lachman Estate in Petach Tikva, the first stone house in this settlement, and turned it into a branch of the winery. The winery in Petach Tikva was managed by the Friedman family until 1964, when it was sold to Tnuva Company. In 1971 Tnuva sold the winery to Stock company, and under this ownership the winery was named "HaMartef" (the cellar). In 1990 the winery was sold again and its name was changed to Barkan Wineries.
33.5x50 cm. Good condition. Small tears along the edges. creases and minor stains.

Varied collection of share certificates, insurance policies and other certificates issued by various banks and companies. Egypt, Palestine, Europe and the USA, ca. first half of the 20th century.
1-2. Two share certificates – Banque Commerciale de Palestine (Commercial Bank of Palestine). Monsohn press, Jerusalem, [early 20th century]. Arabic and French.?3. Share certificate – Steinmetz Electric Motor Car Corporation. Baltimore, 1921. English. With details filled-in by hand and signatures of the president and the treasurer.
4-7. Four "Citroen" company share certificates, issued in Paris, the 1920s: two share certificates of the "Société Anonyme André Citroën" and two share certificates in the amount of 100 Francs of "Taxis- Citroën"(subsidiary of "Citroën" which focused on manufacturing taxis).
8. Savings certificate for three Palestine pounds issued by "America-Palestine, Trade and Investment Company". Hebrew and English. Details filled in by hand, signatures and the company's stamp.
9. Insurance policy – The Palestine General Insurance Co.; issued to Mr. Zvi Sosnik in 1938. On top of the first page appears an illustration of the company's logo, signed "N.G." [Nahum Gutman].
10-16. Seven items issued by "Credit Foncier Egyptien": * Bond certificate issued by the bank. * Five certificates for "Insurance and Loans" of "Egypt Palestine" company, giving "the right to participate in the monthly benefits of Credit Foncier Egyptien shares". Four were given in 1943. * "Certificate for Insurance and Loans" of "Palameric Africa" company, giving "the right to participate in the monthly benefits of Credit Foncier Egyptien shares". Given in 1942.
17. Loan certificate in the sum of 100 Lira issued by Israel Electric Corporation. Haifa, 1956.?Size and condition vary.?Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.

Five medals with the tetragrammaton. Holland, 1574-1602.
1. Medal from 1574. Obverse: A triangle with Holland's coat of arms below it, and the legend "Lapis Reiectus Caput Anguli". Reverse: The tetragrammaton surrounded by a legend.
2. Medal from 1592, commemorating the liberation of the towns Steenwijk, Ootmarsum and Coevorden by the Dutch army. Obverse: A hand holding a scepter, emerging out of a cloud with the tetragrammaton in it, above town houses. On the margins appears the legend "Zelus Domini Exercituum Fecit Hoc". Reverse: Legend in Latin.
3. Medal from 1598. Obverse: Three men (representing Spain, Germany and the Catholic inhabitants of Holland), pointing spears and lances towards the sky, surrounded by the legend "Coelum Stolidus qui Territat Armis". Reverse: The three men lying on the ground while fire and lightning are pouring out of a cloud with the tetragrammaton.
4. Medal from 1599. Obverse: The army of Cardinal Andreas von Österreich by the Rhine River. Above them appears the tetragrammaton within a cloud and on the margin appears the legend "Frustra Conatur Inpius". Reverse: The Cardinal with his consultants, surrounded by a legend.
5. Medal from 1602, most probably commemorating the occupation of Grave in Holland. Obverse: The tetragrammaton within flames. Reverse: Legend in Latin.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.

Six tokens and medals with the Tetragrammaton. France and Germany, 17th-19th centuries.
1. A token which was struck in France in 1610, presumably to commemorate the murder of King Henri IV of France.
2. Brass token which was struck as an imitation of the charity tokens of the French organization "Filles-Madame" (the organization was founded in ca. mid-17th century for giving girls dowry money). [17th century?].
3. Token which was struck in memory of Albrecht IV (1599-1640), duke of Saxony-Eisenach who died in 1644 without heirs. [Germany], 1645.
4. Silver token which was issued to commemorate the signing of the Treaty of Ryswick. [Design: Christian Wermuth]. Germany, 1697.
5-6. Two identical medals, made of different metals, in memory of Archbishop of Paris, Denis Auguste Affre, who was killed during the Revolutions of 1848. Paris, 1848.
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New-York.