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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $375
Including buyer's premium
Jewish Legions - gramophone record with a recording of Ze'ev Jabotinsky and John H. Patterson. New York, June 28, 1940.
Record on the subject of the Jewish battalions, by Ze'ev Jabotinsky and John Patterson.
John Patterson (1867-1947), commander of the "Zion Mule Corps" and later commander of the "38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers", was a lifelong supporter of the Zionist Movement. After his military service he maintained friendships with his battalion colleagues, including Ze'ev Jabotinsky, who became his close friend. In 1940, while Jabotinsky was in the United States on a mission of the New Zionist Organization, Patterson was there as well, and they took this opportunity to create the record.
Diameter: 30 cm. Good condition.
Record on the subject of the Jewish battalions, by Ze'ev Jabotinsky and John Patterson.
John Patterson (1867-1947), commander of the "Zion Mule Corps" and later commander of the "38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers", was a lifelong supporter of the Zionist Movement. After his military service he maintained friendships with his battalion colleagues, including Ze'ev Jabotinsky, who became his close friend. In 1940, while Jabotinsky was in the United States on a mission of the New Zionist Organization, Patterson was there as well, and they took this opportunity to create the record.
Diameter: 30 cm. Good condition.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Unsold
Plaster relief of a map of Palestine. Palestine, [1930s or 1940s].
Plaster and wooden panels; paint.
A plaster relief depicting the map of Palestine, with the Hebrew inscription: "Map of Palestine / Scale 1: 1000000". Held in frame. Intended for hanging (perhaps at schools).
34.5X28.5 cm. Fair condition. Fractures and cracks.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
Plaster and wooden panels; paint.
A plaster relief depicting the map of Palestine, with the Hebrew inscription: "Map of Palestine / Scale 1: 1000000". Held in frame. Intended for hanging (perhaps at schools).
34.5X28.5 cm. Fair condition. Fractures and cracks.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
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Cast bronze plaque, with a relief portrait of David Ben-Gurion in profile. Signed: "With Appreciation, Ezra Balilius". On the right is a copy of Ben-Gurion's signature.
Plaque: 17.5X15 cm. Suspension loop on reverse.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
Plaque: 17.5X15 cm. Suspension loop on reverse.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $500
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Figurine of "Srulik", seated. Israel, [1950s].
Porcelain. Signed on the bottom: "Lapid (Hebrew) / Made in Israel".
Height: 16.5 cm, maximum width: 15.5 cm. Very good condition.
Porcelain. Signed on the bottom: "Lapid (Hebrew) / Made in Israel".
Height: 16.5 cm, maximum width: 15.5 cm. Very good condition.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
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Medal awarded to Albert (Abraham) Cohen, the charity consultant of James (Jakob) Mayer de Rothschild, 1855.
Obverse: relief of the Ten Commandments, a menorah and different utensils, surrounded by the Hebrew inscription: "Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the coastlands" (Hebrew). Reverse: Italian dedication to Alberto Cohen, on charity works for the Jews, on behalf of the Italian Jewish community.
Diameter: 55 mm.
Obverse: relief of the Ten Commandments, a menorah and different utensils, surrounded by the Hebrew inscription: "Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the coastlands" (Hebrew). Reverse: Italian dedication to Alberto Cohen, on charity works for the Jews, on behalf of the Italian Jewish community.
Diameter: 55 mm.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
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Medal marking the wedding of Siegfried Löwenthal from Frankfurt am Main and Helene Emanuel from Cologne. Germany, 1900.
Obverse: a chuppah (Jewish wedding canopy), beneath which is a pair of clasped hands. Above the chuppah, on the left and right, are the coats of arms of Cologne and Frankfurt am Main. On the circumference is a Hebrew inscription reading: "He who finds a Wife finds a Good Thing / 26 Nissan 5660". Reverse: German inscription, surrounded by a wreath.
Diameter: 32 mm.
Obverse: a chuppah (Jewish wedding canopy), beneath which is a pair of clasped hands. Above the chuppah, on the left and right, are the coats of arms of Cologne and Frankfurt am Main. On the circumference is a Hebrew inscription reading: "He who finds a Wife finds a Good Thing / 26 Nissan 5660". Reverse: German inscription, surrounded by a wreath.
Diameter: 32 mm.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $700
Unsold
Miniature medal made by Rouchomovsky. Odessa, [early 20th century].
Obverse: farmers working in the field, above them an inscription reading: "Arise, shine, for your light has come and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you" (Hebrew). Beneath is the artist's signature, "Rouchomovsky Odessa" and the inscription: "I first have declared it to Zion" (Hebrew). On the margins are the verses: "Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not" (Hebrew) and "And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing" (Hebrew). Reverse: worshippers at the Western Wall, inside a Star of David-shaped frame and decorations in vegetal motifs. On the margins are the verses: "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither" and "For thy servants hold her stones dear, and have pity on her dust" (Hebrew).
Diameter: 16 mm. Good condition.
Obverse: farmers working in the field, above them an inscription reading: "Arise, shine, for your light has come and the glory of the LORD has risen upon you" (Hebrew). Beneath is the artist's signature, "Rouchomovsky Odessa" and the inscription: "I first have declared it to Zion" (Hebrew). On the margins are the verses: "Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not" (Hebrew) and "And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with singing" (Hebrew). Reverse: worshippers at the Western Wall, inside a Star of David-shaped frame and decorations in vegetal motifs. On the margins are the verses: "If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither" and "For thy servants hold her stones dear, and have pity on her dust" (Hebrew).
Diameter: 16 mm. Good condition.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $400
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7 pins and pin parts, and a token. Eastern Europe, early 20th century to ca. 1930s.
· Metal token, inscribed on one side "Hanukkah, Constant - 5662 [1902]" (Hebrew). On the other side is a Star of David with the word "Zion". · Pin commemorating the 15th anniversary of "CENTOS" - a Jewish umbrella organization of associations for the care of Jewish orphans. · Pin of "Tarbut" school. · Pin part with a large Star of David enclosing a lion. · Pin with the inscription "Aleh Halutz" (Ascend, Pioneer) (no clasp) and additional pin part with identical inscription. · Pin with the inscription "Herzliya Kovel" and a Star of David. · Pin or pendant parts with the Betar emblem.
Size varies. Condition varies, fair-poor to fair-good.
· Metal token, inscribed on one side "Hanukkah, Constant - 5662 [1902]" (Hebrew). On the other side is a Star of David with the word "Zion". · Pin commemorating the 15th anniversary of "CENTOS" - a Jewish umbrella organization of associations for the care of Jewish orphans. · Pin of "Tarbut" school. · Pin part with a large Star of David enclosing a lion. · Pin with the inscription "Aleh Halutz" (Ascend, Pioneer) (no clasp) and additional pin part with identical inscription. · Pin with the inscription "Herzliya Kovel" and a Star of David. · Pin or pendant parts with the Betar emblem.
Size varies. Condition varies, fair-poor to fair-good.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $450
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Commemorative pin granted to the members of the Etzel (Irgun) and Lehi underground movements who were exiled to Africa, upon their release and return to Israel. [ca. 1948].
Brass inlaid with blue enamel. The recto is illustrated with an image of a guard tower behind a barbed-wire fence, surrounded by the Hebrew inscription "The Africa Exiles / 44-48".The verso is embossed with a Star of David and the number 215 (all the pins were individually numbered).
In 1944, the British Mandate authorities in Palestine deported several hundred members of the Etzel and Lehi underground movements to detention camps in Africa. At first, they were interned at a detention camp at Sembel, Eritrea, after which they were transferred to a camp in Carthago, Sudan, then back to Sembel, until finally reaching the detention camp in Gilgil in Kenya, where they were held until their release and return to the nascent State of Israel in July 1948.
Ca. 24X18 mm. Good-fair condition. Fractures and cracks to enamel. Old soldering repairs to clasp.
Included are two books by Yosef Vinitzky (Y. Netz), one of the exiles, reviewing the period of his exile in Africa: · “Two Hundred and Fifty-One (251), From the Diary of an Exile of Zion at the British Detention Camps in Africa.” . Tel Aviv: Yedidim, 1950. Hebrew. With a short dedication in the author's handwriting. · "From Imprisonment to Return (251 part 2: The Exile in Eritrea-Kenya), From the Diary of an Exile of Zion at the British Detention Camps in Africa." Tel Aviv: Yedidim, 1952. Hebrew.
Brass inlaid with blue enamel. The recto is illustrated with an image of a guard tower behind a barbed-wire fence, surrounded by the Hebrew inscription "The Africa Exiles / 44-48".The verso is embossed with a Star of David and the number 215 (all the pins were individually numbered).
In 1944, the British Mandate authorities in Palestine deported several hundred members of the Etzel and Lehi underground movements to detention camps in Africa. At first, they were interned at a detention camp at Sembel, Eritrea, after which they were transferred to a camp in Carthago, Sudan, then back to Sembel, until finally reaching the detention camp in Gilgil in Kenya, where they were held until their release and return to the nascent State of Israel in July 1948.
Ca. 24X18 mm. Good-fair condition. Fractures and cracks to enamel. Old soldering repairs to clasp.
Included are two books by Yosef Vinitzky (Y. Netz), one of the exiles, reviewing the period of his exile in Africa: · “Two Hundred and Fifty-One (251), From the Diary of an Exile of Zion at the British Detention Camps in Africa.” . Tel Aviv: Yedidim, 1950. Hebrew. With a short dedication in the author's handwriting. · "From Imprisonment to Return (251 part 2: The Exile in Eritrea-Kenya), From the Diary of an Exile of Zion at the British Detention Camps in Africa." Tel Aviv: Yedidim, 1952. Hebrew.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Sold for: $400
Including buyer's premium
Medal commemorating Rabbi Akiva Eiger, [1937].
Pale metal, plated.
Obverse: in the center is a portrait of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, inside a frame bearing the inscription: "Portrait of … Rabbi Akiva Eiger of Blessed Memory … of the City of Poznań, Commemorating the Day of his Passing, 13 Tishrei 5598 [1837] …" [Hebrew]. Reverse: illustration of a pair of lions holding the Ten Commandments, and an inscription in German.
Diameter: 9.5 cm. Held in box. Plating chipped.
Pale metal, plated.
Obverse: in the center is a portrait of Rabbi Akiva Eiger, inside a frame bearing the inscription: "Portrait of … Rabbi Akiva Eiger of Blessed Memory … of the City of Poznań, Commemorating the Day of his Passing, 13 Tishrei 5598 [1837] …" [Hebrew]. Reverse: illustration of a pair of lions holding the Ten Commandments, and an inscription in German.
Diameter: 9.5 cm. Held in box. Plating chipped.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $1,000
Sold for: $2,500
Including buyer's premium
Six carpets produced by the weaving department of the Alliance school of crafts "Torah U'Melakhah". [Jerusalem, ca. 1920].
1. Carpet with a portrait of Theodor Herzl (facing right) gazing from the balcony in Basel at the Tower of David and the walls of Jerusalem, beneath them a procession of new immigrants.
2-4. Three different carpets with the portrait of Herbert Samuel.
5. Carpet with a portrait of Max Nordau.\
6. Carpet with a portrait of Lord Balfour [with a number of holes, including a hole in Balfour's portrait, in the area of the forehead. A similar hole appears in other versions of the carpet. See for example in the book by Anton Felton, Jewish Carpets, London 1997, p. 75].
6 carpets. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
1. Carpet with a portrait of Theodor Herzl (facing right) gazing from the balcony in Basel at the Tower of David and the walls of Jerusalem, beneath them a procession of new immigrants.
2-4. Three different carpets with the portrait of Herbert Samuel.
5. Carpet with a portrait of Max Nordau.\
6. Carpet with a portrait of Lord Balfour [with a number of holes, including a hole in Balfour's portrait, in the area of the forehead. A similar hole appears in other versions of the carpet. See for example in the book by Anton Felton, Jewish Carpets, London 1997, p. 75].
6 carpets. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Willy Lindwer collection.
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Auction 52 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
September 20, 2016
Opening: $300
Unsold
Cloth with bird decoration and colorful embroidery, "Made by the General Israel Orphans Home Jerusalem". Jerusalem, [early decades of the 20th century].
Rectangular cloth, in the middle of which is a decoration of a bird carrying a branch with flowers in its beak. At the four corners are floral decorations. At the top and bottom margins is the inscription: "Made by General Israel Orphans Home Jerusalem" (Hebrew and English).
The "General Orphans Home" in Jerusalem was founded in 1902 by David Weingarten. At first it was situated on Meah Shearim Street, later moving to a building in the courtyard of the Ethiopian Church, and in 1930 it moved to the Alliance House on Jaffa Street, where 200 orphaned girls resided. The orphanage was called "General" because its doors were open to girls of all Jewish ethnic groups. The language spoken in it from its founding day was Hebrew.
Approx. 80X51 cm. Good-fair condition. Cloth slightly faded. Unraveled threads and tears where the cloth is attached to the lining. Holes to margins.
Rectangular cloth, in the middle of which is a decoration of a bird carrying a branch with flowers in its beak. At the four corners are floral decorations. At the top and bottom margins is the inscription: "Made by General Israel Orphans Home Jerusalem" (Hebrew and English).
The "General Orphans Home" in Jerusalem was founded in 1902 by David Weingarten. At first it was situated on Meah Shearim Street, later moving to a building in the courtyard of the Ethiopian Church, and in 1930 it moved to the Alliance House on Jaffa Street, where 200 orphaned girls resided. The orphanage was called "General" because its doors were open to girls of all Jewish ethnic groups. The language spoken in it from its founding day was Hebrew.
Approx. 80X51 cm. Good-fair condition. Cloth slightly faded. Unraveled threads and tears where the cloth is attached to the lining. Holes to margins.
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