Photo album of a Palmach soldier (apparently Aryeh Asheri-Anikster) who served in the Jerusalem area during the Independence War and later on joined IDF chain of command. Israel, 1945-1975 (about half of the photographs are from 1940s-50s).
Album with 178 photographs, among them 104 from the 1940s-50s, recording Palmach training, convoy accompaniment, armored vehicles, "Davidka" mortar, soldiers in "Jerusalem mountains and posts", "exit from Sheich Jarach in an armored vehicle", Mount Scopus, fallen Palmach soldiers, women in nurses' uniforms, and more (a number of later photographs, from infantry officers school). The rest of the album contains photographs from family events in Jerusalem and in other places, Independence Day and Jerusalem Day parties, some with the participation of rabbis. Most of the photographs are titled and dated.
178 photographs. Size of photographs varies; approx. 9X6.5 to approx. 12X18 cm. Mounted on the album leaves. Stains, creases and glue marks to some. Album: 25X17.5 cm. Good overall condition. Bound with a string. Leaves somewhat loose.