Rare khaki first version of the Israeli Army 'Hitelmacher' hat bearing the IDF metal insignia badge, circa. 1948. Of the two major varieties produced, this is the earlier, American-made issue in khaki denim (the other version, of Israeli manufacture is made of green denim), and stamped by the donating Yiddish hat makers union of America. This first issue was part of a donated shipment of hats...
HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
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Historama HISTORAMA AUCTION #7 - 'Buy or Bid' Sale
Monday 8-04-2019 Timed Sale at Bidspirit.com @ 19:15 Israel-time | LOTS #1-579
Numismatics | Judaic Tokens & Medals | Banknotes | Arabiana | Israeliana | Judaica | Militaria | Ephemera
Tuesday 9-04-2019 @ 20:00 Israel-time | LOTS #580-1313
Stamps | Postal History | Philately | Paraphilately | Philatelic Documents
Welcome you to our 7th auction, this being our first in the format of a 'Buy or Bid' sale, where lots may be bid-on or purchased outright; there are over 1300 attractive lots on offer. The sale features items in every one of our areas of specialty, and is probably the largest (and best) selection of Judaic, Holyland and Israeli collectibles for sale anywhere at this time. Featured subjects include ancient & modern coins; Jewish tokens & medals; Jewish, Mandate & Israeli militaria; World War II collaborationist and Holocaust-related militaria; loose & affixed stamps of the Holyland, Egypt and the JNF; postal history of all periods and across all themes and subjects from the Holyland, Mandate, Israel, the Palestinian Authority & near east, as well as worldwide wartime (WWI / WWII) civilian and military mail (from 'horseshoe' and pre-'horseshoe route' mail to post-Third Reich 'uberroller' & displaced persons mail), mail of the Arab-Israeli conflict & 'postkrieg', Hijack/Terror mail + American Civil War Confederate States of America philately - a new subject area for us (students of Israeli & Interim postal history - unusual routes, special rates & key dates - will recognize many similar characteristics to their CSA counterpart); plus Judaica, Israeliana, Arabiana, banknotes and other areas of interest. There are many unique and 'discovery' items in this sale, and many fascinating objects both old and contemporary worth your attention.
The sale itself is divided into 2 parts, one covering non-philatelic fields (lots 1 - 579), and one covering philately (lots 580 - 1313). The period between now and the published 'end times' of the two parts of sale functions as a 'pre-sale' period: during this time lots may be bid on in a standard mail auction manner (bids submitted in writing) or through the online auction program, or be purchased outright. The published opening bid prices are the minimum bid prices, and the buyout prices (displayed below the lot descriptions) are mostly set 50% above the opening bid levels (traditionally "best" bids, which win a lot even before an auction's end are set to 3x the opening bid price). These "buy it now" prices are dynamic: they will rise by 5-10% for every bid received on a lot once the current bid level passes the midway point between the starting bid price and the original buyout price - please visit our home site historama.com/auctions or contact us for the updated buy-out prices. This is not intended to take advantage of interest in a lot but rather to avoid discouraging bidders from continuing to bid on an item of interest. As of now, at the end of the pre-sale period for Part 1 of the sale (non-philatelic items), available lots will be offered for sale in a timed live sale on our page at Bidspirit.com; Part 2 (philately) will run as a mail auction until the published end date and time, with 5 minute time-extensions if bids are received in the last minute of the sale (or time extension).
Once the sale is over it will take a few days to issue official "winner" notifications. Please bear with us, as the more broadly the sale is displayed and the more people participate, the more complex the process of collating all the bids from various sources and actioning special requests. The winner notification email contains a link to our automated checkout on the site - and this process generates the invoice. Please check your "spam" folder for the mail (from "historama-auctions") if it doesn't reach your inbox within 2-3 days of the sale's end. Unsold lots will be available for direct purchase after the sale - but may be displayed at a higher price than the opening bid levels for the sale: we do this to discourage fence-sitting during the sale; the opening bid prices are competitively set in order to encourage bidding. Here I should emphasize that the opening bid prices are not a reflection of our evaluation of a lot’s worth: where possible I have added an estimated value at the end of a product description, but a low starting price should not be construed as a lack of understanding of a lot’s worth.
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Lot #489 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Rare Israeli Army (IDF) olive green sock hat ("Kova Gerev" in Hebrew), circa. 1947-48. Though widely seen and used during the 1947-49 War of Independence, these hats are surprisingly difficult to come by, possibly because of their fate in the hands of moths and vulnerability to wear and tear in the field: this piece is in near-mint condition. The hat is of double-layered fabric, sewn shut at the head, and can be double...
Lot #490 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Rare variant of the Palmach emblem breast badge, c. 1948-1949; not maker-marked: this is supposed to be the design of Yitzhak Meir based on the original by Shoshana Spector; size: 1.2 x 1.5cm; weight: 0.8g: bears 6-leaved sheaths (instead of the usual 4, as per the Palmach's official emblem design), and the area below the sword, between the wheat sheaths is filled in and not...
Lot #491 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Palestine/Yishuv: Irgun-Etzel member's pin, circa. 1940s; not maker-marked (emblem designed by Lili (Ayala) Strassman-Lubinsky, 1938); size: 18 x 20mm; weight: 2.15g. The pin depicts the organization's emblem of an outstretched arm holding a rifle against a map of 'Greater Israel', set against a design of the crenelated battlements of the Old City of Jerusalem, with leaf spray at base and the Etzel's motto "...
Lot #492 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Palestine/Israel: rare undocumented numbered decoration of Irgun/Etzel Zionist-Revisionist underground, circa. late 1940s-early 1950's; not maker-marked; size: 25.50 x 12.50mm; weight: 4.25g. Single contoured rectangular metal piece with 2 colored stripes, blue & white, on a coarse surface, with the Etzel's emblem within circle superimposed in the center. On the reverse is a stamped number (1523) + screw-...
Lot #493 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Israel: rare service pin of the 9th Palmach "Mechanized Attack Battalion" ("Gdud Pshita Memuchan"), 1948-49; weight: 3g, size: 1.5 x 3cm. Aka the "Attack Battalion" ("Gdud Pshita") of the Negev Brigade. Formed June 1948 from "Negev Beasts" commando + 2 armoured jeep companies, motorized infantry & halftrack company; absorbed "French Commando", foreign Jewish volunteers + veterans of...
Lot #494 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Extremely rare Israeli Army General Staff ("Matkal" - 'Mateh Clalli') member breast pin, circa. 1948-50; not maker-marked; 10 x 20mm; 1.2g. The die-stamped & cut front bears the symbol of the pre-State "Hagana" militia, adopted as the newly-founded IDF's General Staff emblem, superimposed on an inner dotted circle and itself surrounded by olive weaths. One indication of its early date is the style of the olive branch...
Lot #495 - Militaria: Israel 1948
1947-1949 War of Independence era Jewish pilot's wings; not maker-marked; 37 x 9.5mm; 0.95g. The wings have the appearance of a private manufacture: an etched design on a thin die-cut piece of metal depicting a six-pointed Star of David between two pointed wings - reminscent of the United States Air Force pilot's wings. Although Jewish aviators volunteered in various conflicts/campaigns in the 20th Century,...
Lot #496 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Israel: rare Israeli Airforce B-17 "Flying Fortress" bomber sweetheart pin with 6-pointed Stars of David on either wing, circa. 1948-58; not maker-marked; size: 25.5x20mm; weight: 1.65g. This would have been worn by a member of the 69th "Patishim" ('Hammer') Squadron which flew these planes: the IAF acquired 4 in 1948 through covert acquition agents in the US; 3 managed to arrive during the War of...
Lot #497 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Hebrew Revolt/War of Independence era Irgun/Etzel military training manual "Parade Drill Exercises", circa. 1946-48; 36 pages + thick paper cover, stapled together. Three page table of content; 14 chapters, most with sub-sections. Mimeographed pages with simple, basic illustrations; in the anonymous/unattributed style of the Etzel's training manuals. This one is not dedicated to one of its fallen (using his alias) on the...
Lot #498 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Nascent Israeli Army training manual "The Rifle" 1942 3rd edition reprinted June 1948. The booklet is of a standard paperback type produced in 1948 by the "Training Division of the High Command", here this is booklet 3 of volume A of a training series called "Light Weapons Training": the cover gives the date of 14 May 1948 (Israel's independence date - prior to the establishment of the Israeli Army, when the...
Lot #499 - Militaria: Israel 1948
War of Independence 'Alexandroni Brigade' journal, issue 1 of July-August 1948: illustrated cover and back-cover, with another 14 printed pages containing articles, reminiscences from the battlefield and from leisure time, poems and songs, jokes and sports events. The issue begins with a greeting by Dan Even, the Brigade commander. The cover is entitled "Echo of the Mediterranean", with a quotation from the...
Lot #500 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Givati infantry Brigade 54th Battalion veterans assembly commemoration medal, 1961: struck in copper; no maker mark; weight - 57.7g; size - 42mm; thickness - 5mm. Obverse bears image of the battalion's memorial monument with legend "Assembly of Veterans of the Battalion - Succot [Jewish holiday] 5722 [1961 as Succot falls before Dec. 31]"; on reverse the battalion's emblem with legend "Battalion 54 Givati". The battalion's...
Lot #501 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Givati infantry Brigade liberation of Ashkelon / Israel's 20th Anniversary commemoration medal, 1968: struck in silvered tombak; no maker mark; weight: 28.75g; size: 38mm. Obverse bears the Givati Brigade's emblem with legend "Assembly of the Givati Brigade Succot [Jewish holiday] 5729 15.X.68"; on reverse the official emblem of Israel's 20th Anniversary together with the city coat of arms of Ashkelon, and the legend in...
Lot #502 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Etzioni Brigade 20th anniversary conference, 1968; struck in tombak; no makers mark; weight - 32.5g; size - 45mm. Obverse depicts the emblem of the "Defender of Jerusalem" (an award issued to those who served in a military or governmental capacity in besieged Jerusalem during the War of Independence) and the Hebrew dates 5708 [1948] and 5728 [1968]; on reverse the emblem of the Brigade's conference - the walls of Jerusalem...
Lot #503 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Carmeli Brigade 20th anniversary convention medal, 1968 - pattern(?); cast bronze; weight: 13.4g; 33.5mm. Obverse bears the emblem of the IDF with legend "Assembly of the Carmel Brigade 5708 [1948] 5728 [1968] Haifa 23.5.68"; on reverse the official emblem of Israel's 20th anniversary. These momentos are usually encountered as sharp, struck pieces (usually in presentation cases); this one is crude even though it is...
Lot #504 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Palmach Negev Brigade memorial monument commemoration medal, 1968-69; struck in tombak by the Shekel medal company; weight: 89.3g; size: 59mm. Obverse depicts image of the monument with legend "Monument of the Negev Brigade | Beer Sheva - 5729 - 1969"; on reverse the Palmach's emblem on right with "Palmach Negev Brigade" below, and map of the Brigade's operations at left with legend "In the besieged Negev and in the...
Lot #505 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Haganah 50th Anniversary medal (ND), 1970; struck in silvered bronze; minted by the Elisha medal company in Israel; weight: 91.8g; size: 59.5mm. Obverse bears emblem of the Haganah with legend "With one hand he undertook handiwork and with the other he held a weapon - Nehemia 4/11" and "The Haganah"; on reverse a large Star of David with the image of the Haganah's founder Eliyahu Golomb and all of the various units and...
Lot #506 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Rally of the Organization of Members of the "Haganah" in Israel medal, in Jerusalem, 1973; struck in tombak; no makers mark; weight - 42.55g; size - 45.5mm. Issued to commemorate a Jewish New Years ("Rosh HaShana") rally which took place 2 days before the actual New Years date and also coincided with Israel's 25th anniversary: obverse depicts official emblem of Israel's 25th Anniversary, with legend in Hebrew "Rally of the...
Lot #507 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Alexandroni Brigade 25th anniversary conference commemoration medal, 1973: struck in nickel; no maker mark; weight - 35.65g; size - 44.5mm. Obverse depicts a British mk III helmet set against the emblem of the IDF (an olive branch intertwined with a sword) and the legend "Alexandroni 1948 1973"; on reverse the Brigade's emblem on right and the regional emblem on left (the Brigade was one of six assigned a region for operation...
Lot #508 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Kiryati Brigade 25th anniversary commemoration token, 1973; struck in tombak; no makers mark; weight - 36.4g; size - 44mm. Obverse bears Brigade's emblem of a crenelated battlement (the word "Kirya" from which the Brigade derives its name, means "complex" or built-up structure) set upon the IDF's emblem, with legend "District Brigade Kiryati 5708 [1948] -5733 [1973]"; on reverse the official emblem of Israel's 25th...
Lot #509 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Palmach national assembly & Israel's 25th Anniversary commemoration medal, 1973; struck in bronze(?); no makers mark; weight: 45.75g; size: 44mm. Obverse bears Palmach emblem with legend "National Conference 1973"; on reverse official emblem of Israel's 25th Independence anniversary. In VF-EF with a few very small surface nicks in places.
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Lot #510 - Militaria: Israel 1948
IAF "1st Fighter Squadron" 25 year commemorative medal, 1973; not maker-marked; weight: 93.35; size: 60mm. Gold colored bronze medal depicting the emblem of the Israel Air Force's [101st] first fighter squadron with dates 1948 and 1973 on obverse, and stylized image of a Mystere(?) fighter plane on reverse with Hebrew legend "First Fighter Squadron". A pre 1973 War issue. During the 1948 War of Independence the...
Lot #511 - Militaria: Israel 1948
IAF 100th ("Flying Camel") Squadron 25th anniversary commemorative medal; struck in tombak; weight: 39.85; size: 45mm: obverse depicts the emblem of the Israel Air Force with legend "11 [in the month of] Tammuz 5734" [1 July 1974]; on reverse, the emblem of the Squadron with legend "25 Years to the [founding of the] Squadron". The 100th was the first organized squadron formed in the Air Force (8 July 1949)...
Lot #512 - Militaria: Israel 1948
Palmach 40th anniversary commemorative medal, 1981; no makers mark; weight: 32.95g; size: 45.5mm. Obverse depicts the Palmach's emblem with the dates 1941-1981; on reverse the "Hagana" emblem with its motto on left ("With one hand he undertook handiwork and with the other he held a weapon" - from Nehemia 4/11) and "Hagana 1921-1981" below. The Palmach was formed from the Hagana in 1941 though the parent body itself was...
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