Historama Autumn Mail Auction #5

Palestine/Syria: Lot x2 charity tokens, c. 19th Cent. 1) token ex Aleppo (Halab), Syria, ND (circa. late 19th C.); leg. "BiTzdaka Tikonani" [Isaiah 54 v.14] ('In righteousness shalt thou be established'), + "101" (gematric reference to Angel Michael, associated w/charity) bet. words & letters "bet" + "kaf" ('Beit Knesset') on either side; 1.95cm, 0.25g. 2) Eretz Israel token w/4 Heb. letters on 2 rows, spelling "Tzdaka" & also referring by initials to burial society "Khevrat Kadisha"; given to bearers of coffins or to beggars in Mount of Olives cemetery; possibly issued by "Torat Haim" Yeshivah; 1.85cm, 0.45g.