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ISRAELI ARMY (IDF) HAT BADGES and EMBLEMS:
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Early Israeli Army quartermasters corps metal cap badge, 1948-50. The badge is slightly curved and was worn on the army's first type of hat, the so-called 'Hitelmacher' hat (see item 0110004). There are two prongs on the reverse which would have held the badge to the hat. The badge also has a contoured piece of blue velvet fastened to it, which at that time signified the wearer's service in the quartermaster/logistics corps. A fine piece of Israeli militaria - a rare instance of investment in solid metal insignia for the military (weight: 9.90g), and a scarce piece overall. Not maker-marked. In EF condition as most of the coarse dotted finish on the surface is still intact and the details well preserved.
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Item Code: 0120048 Price: €70
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Early Israeli Army metal cap badge, 1948-50. The badge is curved, and was worn on the army's first type of hat, the so-called 'Hitelmacher' hat (see item 0110004). There are two prongs on the reverse which would have held the badge to the hat. The badge also has a contoured piece of red velvet fastened to it - this gave the badge a more visible and ceremonial appearance on the hat. A fine piece of Israeli militaria - a rare instance of investment in solid metal insignia for the military, and a rare piece overall. Not maker-marked. In VF condition as most of the rough finish on the surface has been worn smooth - but also a sure sign of actual usage.
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Item Code: 0010115 Price: SOLD
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Israeli beret badge bearing the insignia of the IDF, 1950's. The emblem of the Israel Defence Forces became the insignia of the General Staff in the years after the War of Independence (1948-49), as other branches of the armed forces adopted their own unique banch insignia. This badge would have been worn by a soldier attached to the General Staff and fasted to a beret using a metal pin held by the two prongs on the reverse. Not maker-marked. Unfortunately the badge is bent in a few places and the Star of David frame and base of the sword have snapped.
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Item Code: 0010116 Price: SOLD
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IDF Israeli Army General Staff ("Matkal") 2-toned curved metal beret insignia badge, circa. 1948-early 1950's: original two-piece construction, with gold colored leaves (front and back of component) and silver sword, with 2-pronged back; not maker marked; weight: 14.20 grams. In excellent physical condition and exhibits full detail. Unlike later issues (which are also scarce) these original issues have clean, open spaces between the details, particularly around the 1st, lower olive of the branch surmounting the sword. A rare instance of colored Israeli militaria.
More pictures: front of badge, back of badge, front of badge, at angle, olive leaf detail of badge front, badge measured
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Item Code: 0120041 Price: €275
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Israeli Army General Staff ("Matkal") metal hat insignia badge, circa. 1948-mid 1950's; original two-piece construction with 2-pronged back; not maker marked; weight: 16.80 grams. Some surface wear and very slight bend near prong but excellent physical condition. Unlike later issues (which are also scarce) these original issues have clean, open spaces between the details, particularly around the olive leaf branch. For a related item, see #0110052 below on this page.
More pictures: front of badge, side angle of badge's front, back of badge, back of badge at side angle, back of badge, detail from angle, Moshe Dayan as (Southern?) Regional Commander with Matkal badge, circa. 1951
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Item Code: 0110045 Price: €150
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Israel Defense Forces, Artillery Corps badge - Headpiece emblem of the Artillery Corps ("Kheil HaTotkhanim"), with red fabric-finished plastic backing and two loops side by side on the reverse, for mounting. The emblem is curved (hence the blurry lettering on the scan) and would have been worn on a beret or hat, circa 1960's-70s. Not maker-marked. In used but excellent condition.
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Item Code: 0020020.1 Price: SOLD
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Israel Defense Forces, General Service Corps badge - Headpiece emblem of the General Service Corps ("Kheil HaClali"), with two loops side by side on the reverse, for mounting. The emblem is slighly curved (hence the blurry lettering on the scan) and would have been worn on a beret or hat, circa 1960's-70s. Not maker-marked. In used but excellent condition.
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Item Code: 0020020.3 Price: SOLD
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ISRAELI ARMY (IDF) TUNIC SERVICE PINS, BADGES and PATCHES:
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Extremely rare Israeli Army General Staff ("Matkal" - 'Mateh Clalli') member breast pin, circa. 1948-50. Small metal pin bearing the emblem of the IDF's General Staff: about 2cm high and 1cm wide; weight: 1.20 gram; with soldiered safety pin on reverse; not maker marked. The pin may have been worn on the breast pocket flap or on the collar of an army shirt.
The General Staff emblem is comprised of the pre-State "Haganah" military force's insignia of a sword intertwined with an olive branch (which later became the symbol of the IDF's officer training course) surmounted by a frame of two olive branches. In the early 1950's this emblem became a larger sized insignia worn on visored hats and berets. In excellent condition, with very light wear but exhibiting full detail and some luster.
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Item Code: 0110052 Price: €350
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Scarce old Israeli Army (IDF) military police metal shoulder tag, circa. 1948-50. The badge text says "Mishtara Tzva'it", has two rear-side loops and the catch pin; with red backing; weight: 3.65 grams, about 5cm wide; not maker-marked.
Around this time the military police also wore cloth flashes with this text, but the metal variant is scarcer to find. The badge is a little bent/uneven in places.
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Item Code: 0110050 Price: €70
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Old metal pin for the tank corps ("Kheyl Shiryon") of the Israeli Army (IDF), circa. 1940's-1950's. It's a detailed cut, but rudimentary in production, with tank details etched on the surface and a standard safety pin fastened on the back. Maker-marked with the Hebrew letter "Mem" ('M') on the reverse - probably for the firm "Michsaf", who produced many of Israel's early insignia. The design most closely resembles a Sherman M4 tank (with sloping front and shirt barrel on turret), which would date this pin to its estimated time-frame: somewhere after the 1948-49 War of Independence and the period just after the 1956 Sinai Campaign.
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Item Code: 0010217 Price: SOLD
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Scarce tunic collar/shirt-pocket Israeli Army (IDF) supply corps metal pin, circa. 1948-50. The pin features the original design of the supply corps - a horse and chariot superimposed on a sword. This is an original issue badge with open spaces between the details; later issues of this pin left the areas in between the details full and not stamped clear through. The ribbon at base reads in Hebrew "Kheyl Aspaka"; weight: 0.95 grams; not maker-marked.
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Item Code: 0110053 Price: €35
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2 sets of Israeli Defence Force (IDF) shoulder strap ranks for a Captain ("Seren"), circa. 1948-early 1950s: one set, with stitched cloth tabs is for service/combat uniforms (known in Army parlance as "madei bet" - "B" uniforms), and another set with metal tabs (and two pronged backs) for wear on dress uniforms ("madei alef"). The fabric of the cloth sliders varies between the service and dress versions, and the service color is olive green while the dress uniform slider is khaki. Over time the shoulder strap ranks have become simpler and less 'invested', now being simple plain olive green printed bars on a cloth slider or simple metal bars all joined together. Of these early types, particularly the metal emblems, some have milled edges and others (like these) don't - but they do have raised borders along the edge. Scarce.
More pictures: front of both sets of ranks, closeup of service uniform ranks, closeup of dress uniform ranks, detail of reverse of service uniform ranks, detail of reverse of dress uniform ranks
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Item Code: 0120047 Price: SOLD
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Metal pin of the "Nachal" brigade of the Israeli Army, circa. 1960's. The "Nachal" - "Fighting Pioneer Youth" - is the spiritual successor to the pre-State "Palmach" force, incorporating military training with Zionist-inspired land cultivation work; a prestigious formation with a glorious heritage in the IDF. The thick metal shield is diamond-shaped, bearing the emblem of the "Nachal" and has a safety pin on the reverse.
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Item Code: 0010215 Price: SOLD
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Israeli military dog tags, circa 1958-60. Set of 2 unifaced aluminum dog tags with the soldier's personal number on them. Judging by the style of the tags and the number (6 digits, around the 500,000 mark), these were probably issued towards the end of the 1950's.
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Item Code: 0020027.4 Price: SOLD
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Israeli naval insignia - rank patch and dog tags - belonging to First Sergeant Shlomo Zohar, 1953-56. Zohar participated in the Sinai Campaign of 1956 (see item 0020027.3), and in this lot are his rank patch and dog tags. The patch is the thick, woollen 3-striped insignia of a First Sergeant, along with the naval insignia punched on top - to distinguish him as a naval soldier. That central pin is held to the main patch with a metal bar between it's two hooks, and the whole patch was sewn onto Zohar's uniform. The accompanying photo is of Zohar, with his left-hand rank patch visible; the tip of the right-hand side patch (the one in this lot) is just visible in the background, protruding from his right sleeve.
Although the consignment comes from Zohar, details on the back of the photograph also confirm his personal military ID number to be that which is punched into the aluminum dog tag discs in this lot. The discs also give Zohar's blood-type ("B"). The dates on the rear of the photo are confusing though, as it is stamped Feb. 1965 even though the hand-written message is dated 1955 (which pre-dates the wearing of the Sinai Campaign ribbon of 1956 - which Zohar is wearing in the photograph). In all likelihood, the photograph is from 1956 - which, according to the written message, was taken in the northern city of Kiryat Ata. Wearing the "A" uniform (dress uniform as opposed to the "B" service uniform) of that time, Zohar is characteristically wearing the emblem of the Israel Defence Forces on both collars of that type of uniform.
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Item Code: 0020027.2 Price: SOLD
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IDF Druze Battalion emblem: unit badge belonging to "Gdud Kherev" ('Sword Battalion') of Druze and Circassian soldiers in the Israeli Army; weight: 3.7g; not maker-marked.
Druze (Bedouin and Circassians) have served in the IDF since 1948 and are conscripted for national service like Jews. Like religious Jews, the Druze and Circassians (and Bedouin) serve in homogenous ethnic units. Originally these existed as anonymous "ethnic units" within the IDF, but from 1951 the Druze and Circassians served in "Battalion 300", a force which earned the stature of a special force given the paratroop and additional training afforded to the unit. In 1974 all the "ethnic units" in the Army were amalgamated together into larger units, and the Druze-Circassian battalion become known as the 299th "Sword Battalion".
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Item Code: 0120061 Price: €12
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IDF paratroop battalion (890th) commando school pin: awarded upon completion of the corp's commando course; 1955-1960's.
At the end of 1954, as head of the IDF training division, Yitzhak Rabin suggested that the Army create a commando course to improve the physical and psychological strength of the regular army officers. The former commander of the special force "Unit 101" and the then commander of the 890th paratroop battalion, Ariel Sharon, created a month-long course in commando training at the Tel Nof paratroop base, and the first class opened on 1 January 1955. Graduates of the course received this pin, whose motifs were: parachuting, explosives and hand-to-hand combat (an Israeli form called "Krav Maga").
Weight: 1.70g; not maker-marked.
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Item Code: 0120063 Price: €50
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2 sets of Israeli Army and Israeli Airforce sergeant rank stripes, circa. 1950's: the Army ranks are of the earliest style, with individually stitched blue lines along each of the three stripes - and all three are separate (since the 1960's sergeant ranks have been a 1-piece triple stripe patch); still attached to battledress fabric. The Air Force patch has 4 small corner prongs on the reverse for snapping it onto a uniform.
More pictures: front of Army patch, back of Army patch, back of Air Force patch, back of Air Force patch
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Item Code: 0120069 Price: SOLD
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ISRAELI ARMY UNIT MEDALLIONS, TOKENS and MOMENTOS:
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IDF Adjutancy Corps ("Kheyl Shalishut") uniface medal of appreciation, circa. 1960's; struck in tombak; weight: 95.55g; size: 59.5mm. Depicts miniature of the Israel Defence Force's emblem at top and the Chief Adjutancy on the lower left, with legend "With Completion of Your Service at the Chief Adjutancy, with appreciation Col. Chaim Barzel (Barlizai) the Chief Adjutant".
Chaim Barzel served as the Chief Adjutant and later as the IDF's Chief Surgeon before retiring at the rank of Brigadier General ("Tat-Aluf"); he subsequently became the director of the Bnei Yehuda football club in Tel Aviv in the 2000's. In UNC.
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Item Code: 0130117 Price: €35
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IDF 14th Armored ("Bison") Brigade Yom Kippur War commemorative medal, 1973; struck in bronze; no maker-mark; weight, 89.95g; size, 59mm: the obverse depicts a stylized tank blending into the number 14, with legend in Hebrew (quotation from the book of Tehilim, 127, 4) "As arrows in the hands of the mighty, thus the sons of youth are glorious"; on reverse a flag image and a similar image which may be a flame, with legend "Yom Kippur War" above.
The 14th Brigade was assigned to the western coast of the Sinai peninsula and so sustained the force of the Egyptian blow when they attacked by surprise; for the duration of the War the Brigade attempted to tem and reverse the Egyptian advance. In UNC, with lacquered surface whose loss in places gives the incorrect impression of wear.
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Item Code: 0130061 Price: €85
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IDF 600th Armored Brigade ("Khativat Shesh Meot") Yom Kippur War silvered commemorative plaque, circa. 1973-74: obverse bears a map of the Brigade's operations in the Sinai Peninsula with arrows depicting its movements, with legend beneath "Yom Kippur War 5734", and quotation "And he bore honor upon his people and wore armor like a hero" from the First Book of the Maccabees (read during the Jewish holiday of Chanukka), above an upturned helmet (symbolizing the fallen); reverse bears the Brigade's emblem.
Known as the "Paths of Fire" ("Netivey haEsh") Brigade, the unit was established in 1971 and during the Yom Kippur War formed part of Ariel Sharon's 143th Division, fighting in the Sinai. The Brigade was commanded by Tuvia Raviv and was equipped with the IDF's most advance tanks, the M-60 'Patton' (known in the IDF as the "Magakh" tank).
During the critical, early stage of the War the Brigade fought Egyptian forces around the beseiged IDF outposts along the Suez, and this scene of operations is depicted on the plaque's map: the large grey patch at lower left is the Great Bitter Lake, and the circled area at far right with a few junctions is the base called "Tasa". Sharon's force was the first to circle around the Egyptians and then cross over the Suez Canal, movements which helped win the war for the IDF.
In EF-UNC with lacquered surface and light oxidation spots in places (from the copper base); no marker-marks; weight: 153.3g; size: 61mm x 61mm.
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Item Code: 0130047 Price: €70
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IDF 82nd "Storm" Armored Battalion ("Gdud 82 - Ga'ash") token of appreciation to Major Yigal Reuveni, circa. 1970; weight: 15.1g; size: 29.5mm x 39mm: with Battalion emblem on obverse and etched dedication on reverse: "To Maj. Yigal Reuveni Momento from Battalion 82".
The 82nd was established as Israel's first tank (as opposed to "armored" - very different applications in those days) battalion on the eve of the War of Independence, in a small cafe in Tel Aviv by Yitzhak Sadeh (founder of the "Palmach"), Yigal Yadin (the future 2nd Chief of the General Staff) and a few others; it is now part of the 7th Armored Division.
Yigal Reuveni mentioned on the token appears to be the same person who served as a platoon commander of Centurion tanks in this battalion prior to the 1967 Six Day war, a deputy battalion commander in the 200th ("Steel Fist") armoured brigade in the Six Day War (which fought in the Sinai desert), and as Lieutenant-Colonel a deputy brigade commander of the 670th "Iron Chariots" brigade in the 1973 War; finally serving as operations chief of the 81st Division.
Reuveni's brigade in the '73 war was a reserve unit which reached the Golan front (on 7 Oct.) without Shermans and with few Centurions as part of the IDF's counter-attack against the Syrians. It captured the Al-Khanut outpost on the 11th and eventually protected the line from Kuneitra in the Golan heights, southwards.
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Item Code: 0130068 Price: SOLD
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IDF Tank Corps ("Kheyl Shiryon") momento tallion, circa. 1970s; weight - 15.2g, size - 34.5mm: obverse depicts the emblem of the Tank Corps (written in the old style "Kheyl Shiryon" rather than "Kheyl HaShiryon"); on reverse the image of the Corp's insignia (black diagonal stripes on a green field).
This item comes from a collection of Israeli Army items from the period of the Yom Kippur War (1973), and in this context the Tank Corps earned especial distinction for the fact that it fought in the largest tank battles in history - with low supplies: on the Golan Heights against the Syrian Army, for instance, two IDF tank brigades (the 7th and 188th) held offand beat back two Syrian armored and three infantry divisions.
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Item Code: 0130155 Price: SOLD
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Israeli "Border Guard Day" commemoration token, 1956-1957; struck in bronze; weight: 8.7g; size: 25mm. Obverse bears emblem of the Border Guard ("Mishmar HaGvul") with legend "Border Guard Day 5717 [1956-57; in town of] Afula"; on reverse the emblem of the Soldier's Welfare Association.
The border guard originates from the IDF's "frontier guard" ("Kheyl Ha'Sfar"), and came into being as the "Border Guard" in 1953, subordinated to the Israel Police and not to the IDF, though it is a paramilitary force.
The border guard is tasked both with external border protection as well as internal order maintenance and includes the security services' leading anti-terror unit called the "Yamam" ("the special [anti-terror] police unit"). The emblem of the guard is the concrete watch-tower of a Mandatory-era "Teggart Fortress" (some accounts say it is of the fortress at Nebi Yusha), and is supposed to symbolize power and determination (ref: the founding documents of the unit). In VF-EF; JTM-EP-8.
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Item Code: 0130134 Price: SOLD
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IDF 6800th Center for Combat and Replacement Equipment ("Matzlakh") Yom Kippur commemorative medal, 1973; struck in bronze; no maker-mark; weight, 81.65g; size, 60mm: a pre-designed medal for the Ordinance Corps ("Kheyl Khimush") and engraved for this specific unit; obverse depicts the Corp's emblem with Hebrew legend "The Eyes of Jacob in Recognition | 1973 | For Your Contribution to the War Effort"; reverse depicts seven small images of the activities of the Corps, with this unit's name engraved in the center.
Not to be confused with a different force known also by its initals as "Matzlakh" - the "combat photographers center" of the Communications Corps, this force's responsibility is to manage the stocks of ordinance inventory in the IDF's supplies.
An obscure sub unit within an important force during the war: as the IDF lost a lot of equipment in the initial surpise attack on Israel, the Ordinance Corps' work was vital in re-servicing damaged equipment in order to resupply the military. In EF-AU with a few light surface scratches and a few signs of red paint (perhaps the medal originally bore some red color).
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Item Code: 0130056 Price: €75
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IDF 6800th Center for Combat and Replacement Equipment ("Matzlakh") appreciation medal (ND); struck in bronze; no maker-mark; weight, 91.95g; size, 58.5mm: unlike item 0130056 this is a specially designed medal the 6800th "Matzlakh" - obverse depicts five images of the Center's work with legend in Hebrew "From Matzlakh 6800 in Recognition"; reverse depicts the emblem of the Matzlakh.
As the medal doesn't bear a specific recipient's name, this may be a unit-specific token of appreciation from the 1973 Yom Kippur War, like the others shown above. In UNC, with lacquered surface.
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Item Code: 0130057 Price: €75
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IDF "Crossing Battalion" ("Gdud Tzlikha") Yom Kippur War commemorative medal, 1973; struck in bronze; no maker-mark; weight, 92.1g; size, 59mm: obverse depicts simple map of north-western Sinai peninsula with arrow marking the area of the crossing of the canal, with legend in Hebrew "Crossing Battalion | Yom Kippur War | Crossing of the Suez Canal 16.10.1973"; obverse shows a stylized arrow crossing a body of water towards dry land.
Though not identified on the medal and not specifically encountered in the War literature as "the" Crossing Battalion, chances are this medal commemorates the logistical work of the 605th Battalion of the Combat Engineers Corps: in 1967 the General Staff decided to create a formation whose sole purpose would be the crossing of water obstacles, and this task devolved upon the newly created 605th battalion. It seems the name "Crossing Battalion" may be an informal nickname as "gdud tzlikha" is not a coined name for a specific unit - and all those who crossed or helped others to cross the Canal compete for the glory of being the first to cross it or to help other forces cross it.
The 605th, using rubber dinghies helped elements of the armoured and paratroop corps cross the Canal on the morning of the 16th of October 1973 in operation "Knights of Hearts" and simultaneously erected 3 bridges to cross the Canal. In UNC, with lacquered surface.
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Item Code: 0130062 Price: €100
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IDF 229th Engineers Battalion ("Gdud Handassa") Yom Kippur War uniface commemorative medal, 1973; struck in bronze; no maker-mark; weight, 86.15; size, 59.5mm: obverse depicts the arming device of a weapon, with Hebrew legend around edge "Yom Kippur War 5734 | In Recognition by the Engineering Battalion 229".
Battalion 229 under the command of Lieut.-Col. Nissim Ben-Shushan was assigned to the 143th Division commanded by Ariel Sharon, and was the first unit of the IDF to cross over the Sinai Peninsula into continental Africa (Egypt) during the War (19 October 1973). The battalion cleared mines and removed surface obstacles to enable the rest of the force to penetrate into Egypt, and it also fought against Egyptian commando forces in the area.
A relatively obscure unit in the literature of this war, it may have been a reserve unit rather than a permanent standing force. In UNC, with lacquered surface.
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Item Code: 0130055 Price: €85
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IDF Engineers Corps ("Kheyl Handasa") tallion, circa. late 1950's; struck in bronze; weight: 16.8g; size: 30mm. Obverse depicts the emblem of the Engineers Corps (written in the old style "Kheyl Handasa" rather than "Kheyl HaHandasa"); on reverse, the emblem of the Israel Defense Forces. In VF.
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Item Code: 0130136 Price: €15
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IDF Engineers Corps ("Kheyl Handasa") momento uniface tallion, circa. late 1970's; weight: 18.65g; size: 35mm. Obverse depicts the emblem of the Engineers Corps (written in the old style "Kheyl Handasa" rather than "Kheyl HaHandasa") on the top right together with the Northern Regional Command emblem (of a deer) below, with legend "Momento from your unit".
The Engineering Corps is also known as the Combat Engineers Corps and forms part of the IDF's land forces; it's comprised of battalions and smaller specialized units. Although this token appears to be a Corps-wide momento and not associated with a specific 'local' unit, the Corps is nevertheless divided up along Regional Commands (of which there are 3), and so probably comes from the 605th "Makhatz" battalion (the name means "shock" but is an abbreviation of its functions: penetration, mining, demolition and channel-crossing) which is assigned to Northern Command.
This battalion was formed after the Yom Kippur War (1973) on the basis of a reserve channel-crossing battalion which crossed the Suez in 1973, and assigned to Northern Command in 1977. The battalion's emblem is a blazing sword on a shield of blue, yellow and black stripes. On the reverse it appears the receipient etched his name, "Ran", in small letters.
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Item Code: 0130152 Price: €12
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IDF fuel company of the Supply Corps Yom Kippur War appreciation uniface tallion, circa. 1974; weight: 21.05g; size: 36mm. Obverse depicts 3 emblems: on left is the old emblem of the Supply Corps ("Kheyl Haspaka"), on right is a stylized emblem of the 595th Supply Battalion's initials with legend "Yom Kippur War 8.10.73 Golan Heights, Sinai", and in between a fuel pipe device with the name "Fuel Company"; at base the word "In Recognition".
The Supply Corps was called so until 1975 when it was renamed the Maintenance Corps ("Kheyl Takhzuka") and finally the Logistics Corps; during the Yom Kippur War units of the Supply Corps were dispersed among the combat forces and also requisitioned civilian vehicles to transport men and material. One of the IDF's weaknesses in the War was its logistical framework, and thereafter it was completely reorganized.
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Item Code: 0130151 Price: SOLD
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IDF [317th] Paratroop Brigade ("Khativat haTsankhanim") Yom Kippur War silvered commemorative medal, 1973; struck in bronze; no maker mark; weight, 93.15g; size, 59mm: obverse depicts eagle with legend "Paratroop Brigade Yom Kippur War", and reverse lists the "Brigade's Battles" - "participation in the penetration into Syria, conquest of Tel-Shams, conquest of Umm-Butna, participation in the battle of the "Chinese Farm" [in the Sinai], participation in the mopping up of the Goshen agricultural zone, conquest of the Syrian part of Mount Hermon".
The emblem used in the design of the medal is not that of the famous permanent standing 35th Paratroop Brigade, which is a winged snake, but of the reserve 317th Paratroop Brigade (known as the "Eagle Formation" - in Hebrew, "Otzevet haNesher"). Nevertheless, both the regular and reserve components of the paratroop corps fought together in the same battles.
The 317th Brigade was founded in 1957 as the first reservist brigade of the Paratroop Corps and its numerical designation changed a few times, originally from 80, to 317, to 939 and finally to 226 (as it is known today). In AU, with lacquered surface and very light wear on the eagle's wings.
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Item Code: 0130054 Price: SOLD
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IDF 582nd Anti-Aircraft Reconaissance ("sayeret") Battalion of the 317th [Reserve] Paratroop Brigade Yom Kippur War uniface commemorative medal, 1973; struck in silvered bronze; no maker-mark; weight, 84.1g; size, 59.5mm: the obverse depicts the emblems of both the parent unit, the eagle, and of the reconnaisance battalion below, with legend in Hebrew "Paratroop Brigade 317 Reconaissance Battalion - Anti-Aircraft 582 | Yom Kippur War 6.10.1973".
The 582nd Battalion's wartime story is a metaphor for the state of improvization in the IDF before and during the war: the force was originally founded in 1970 to be an airborne anti-aircraft motorized reconaissance unit at battalion strength for operations behind enemy lines and initially assigned to the 317th Paratroop Brigade.
At the start of 1973 this battalion was disbanded on the grounds that the nature of its future activites would incur it such losses that the public wouldn't be able to tolerate it. The day after the outbreak of the Yom Kippur War the battalion was resurrected and initially assigned back to the 317th Brigade, where it fought in the Golan; about a week later it was transferred to the southern Sinai front where it was attached to the 14th Armored ("Bison") Brigade and continued its operations there, sustaining the blow of the Egyptian attack (see the list of battles accredited to the 317th in item 0130054 for the major battles in which this "sayeret" also fought). In UNC, with lacquered surface.
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Item Code: 0130059 Price: €100
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IDF "Mamram" ("Yekhidat Makhshevim u'Maarakhot Meida" - Computer and Information Systems Center) momento token, circa. 1970's; weight: 11.4g; size: 30mm. Obverse bears emblem of the unit and the abbreviation of its name below. Mamram is a unit of the Communications Corps, considered the IDF's elite computer-unit, and is charged with managing the information systems of the IDF and was founded in 1959.
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Item Code: 0130133 Price: €30
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IDF Ordnance Corps ("Kheyl Khimush") 10th anniversary commemoration token, 1961; weight: 17.4g; size: 30mm. Uniface tallion with emblem of the Corps and legend "[month of] Tamuz 5721 - June 1961".
The Corps originally existed from 1941 as an ordnance "section" of the pre-State "Hagana" militia, assisting the underground armaments manufacturing 'industry' Ta'as with acquiring, adapting and hiding armanents; in 1948 the function became the "ordnance service" and during the War of Independence (1947-49) various ad-hoc "basic workshops" (or "batey melakha bsisiim") were created to re-service vehicles; in 1951 an actual ordnance corps of the IDF was established.
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Item Code: 0130141 Price: €18
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Israeli Army boarding school ("Pnimia Tzvait" - "IDF Junior Command Preparatory School") in Tel Aviv uniface tallion, circa. 1970's; weight: 8.5g; size: 30mm. Obverse depicts the emblem of the boarding school (the Bible and a sword) with legend above "Military Boarding School Tel Aviv" and motto in ribbon below "In Silence and Security" (from Book of Prophets, Yeshayahu 15).
The military boarding school system was founded in 1953, while the school in Tel Aviv existed from 1965 to 1984. It was one of three such boarding schools for 16 year olds prior to their conscription at 18; the schools are designed to prepare the students for platoon-level command positions.
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Item Code: 0130153 Price: €12
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IDF Infantry School uniface momento token, circa. 1970's; weight: 8.25g; size: 25mm. Obverse bears emblem of the Infantry Corps (with old style of spelling "Kheyl Reglim" instead of "Kheyl HaReglim") in center surrounded by emblems of 3 others brigades which train there - the 1st Golani, the Paratroop Training School and the 35th Paratroop Brigade, and legend below "Foot Soldier [Infantry] School".
The school, also known has "Bahad 3" ("Beit Hadrakha 3" - "Training School 3") had existed since the end of the 1940's as the main training base for topography, weapons training and field command. In UNC.
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Item Code: 0130138 Price: SOLD
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IDF Officers Training School medal (ND), circa. 1967-68; struck in bronze; weight: 93.9g; size: 59mm. Obverse bears emblem of the IDF officer's training course (which was also the emblem of the pre-State Hagana militia), with the school's motto (which rhymes) in the frame around it, "Of Me You Will See and Likewise You Will Do | The School for Officers"; on reverse the emblem of the city of Petach Tikva and below it the symbol of the Soldier's Welfare Association (Petach Tikva branch).
The Israeli Army officer's training school is also known as "Training Base 1" ("Bahad 1"), and was based in Petach Tikva from the 1950's until May 1968, when it moved to its present location in the Negev desert.
Although this medal may be earlier than estimated it is probably from the immediate post-Six Day War period (1967) when many commemorative medals for Israel's 20th Anniversary (1968) and military commemoration medals for the 1967 war and 1968 20th anniversaries were issued; Haffner posits that this medal was issued upon the completion of the officer's training course though it probably has more to do with a general commemoration of some kind, including the closure of the base in Petach Tikva: the military wouldn't issue an "official" award with a municipal emblem or the Solder's Welfare Association logo for such an important personal feat like completing the course. Graduates of the course are issued a small collar pin designed in the style of the emblem on the medal's obverse. In UNC with lacquered surfaces; JTM-MM-22.
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Item Code: 0130119 Price: €50
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IDF Israel's 15th Remembrance Day commissioned medal, 1963; struck in bronze at Zechovoy mint; designed by Josef Bass; weight: 120.65g; size: 60mm; thickness: 6mm. Obverse bears legend on left "Remembrance Day for the Fallen [soldiers] of the IDF 1963", with theme of "Judea Capta" on right with chain border amd legend "Judea Capta 3830 [year 70 - the fall of Jerusalem to the Romans]"; on reverse, legend on left "In Memory of Her Warriors who Fell in her Restoration, Ministry of Defense", with theme of "Judea Restituta" on right, with legend "Israel the Liberated" and cornleaf border.
Legend etched on rim "State of Israel [in English and Hebrew] Department of Manpower - Division for the Commemoration of the Soldier". This is a rare medal first issued in 1963 (in bronze) to families of the war dead in a limited issue of 6996, and then reissued again for public purchase in 1969 (in tombak) - but quickly recalled after public protest.
In AU-UNC with laquered surface: there are some scratch lines above the legend on the obverse and reverse though these may be from the original design which itself looks like a cast issue but is listed by Haffner as a struck issue; IMM-CM-11A.
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Item Code: 0130125 Price: €100
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Yom Kippur War / Israel's 25th Independence Day commemorative medal, 1973; struck in bronze; by A. Sendir; weight: 31.8g; size: 40mm: obverse depicts dove rising from flames and emblem of the Israel Defence Forces, with legend in Hebrew "Judgement Day, October 1973"; on reverse a stylized Jewish "Menorah" (candelabra) with legend in English. In AU with just a few tiny scuff marks.
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Item Code: 0130066 Price: €12
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IDF Israel's 30th Remembrance Day commemoration medal, 1978; struck in bronze; no maker mark; weight: 92.25g; size: 59mm. Obverse bears miniature of the State Arms and stylized legend incorporating the official emblem of Israel's 30th anniversary celebrations (which makes sense as Memorial Day and Independence Day are always one day apart - Memorial Day is marked first), with legend "Memorial Day to the fallen in Israel's battles 5738 - 1978" and along the edge "Ministry of Defence - Rehabilitation Division - Department for the Commemoration of the Soldier"; on reverse an image of Western Jerusalem with walls of the Old City in foreground, with legend "In Honor of the Warriors". The medal would have been issued to families of the fallen; in VF-EF with a few traces of oxidation.
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Item Code: 0130118 Price: €70
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Israeli Memorial Day numbered commemorative medal (ND), circa. 1970s; struck in tombak; designed by Tidhar, minted by the Shekel medal company; weight: 92.8g; size: 59mm. Obverse bears upturned helmet with flames rising (symbol of Memorial Day in Israel) with legend "To the fallen of Israel's battles who in their deaths warranted our lives"; on reverse image of broken tree with rifle in the ground and legend (excerpt of Haim Bialik's poem "After My Death"), "...And the song of his life was stopped in the middle". Numbered on rim "1139". In UNC, though with much polish build-up around the details.
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Item Code: 0130120 Price: €28
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IDF March commemoration token, 1973; struck in tombak; no makers mark; weight - 24.5g; size - 44.5mm. Issued by the Israeli Soldier's Welfare Association for the annual Army March held in conjunction with Israel's 25th Anniversary: obverse bears the IDF emblem with heading "IDF March", with legend "Headquarters of the Independence Day Celebrations - 5th of [month of] Iyar [i.e. 14 May or thereabouts] 5733 Jerusalem - The Association for the Welfare of the Soldier"; on reverse the official emblem of the 25th Anniversary of Israel's Independence surrounded by stylized image of the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem.
The IDF March ("Mitz'ad Tzahal") was an annual military parade held on Independence Day (the Hebew date for 14 May) every year from 1949 to 1968 and then again for Israel's 25th Anniversary in 1973 - about 5 months before the Yom Kippur War. That final march took place in full presentation for 25 kilomters, as it doubled up for the IDF's behind-the-scenes preparation for an expected surprise Syrian-Egyptian attack, which in the event was postponed until October of that year. In VF-EF.
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Item Code: 0130160 Price: €28
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IDF Exhibition ("Ta'arukhat Tzahal") token, 1968; weight: 18.45g; size: 35mm. Obverse depicts the official emblem of Israel's 20th Aniversary, with legend "IDF Exhibition 5728 - 1968"; on reverse the emblem of the IDF. The exhibition took place on 8 August 1968.
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Item Code: 0130147 Price: €12
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ISRAELI ARMY DECORATIONS, CAMPAIGN and SERVICE RIBBONS:
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"Heroism Monument to the Forgers (Penetrators) of the Way to Jerusalem" / "Road of Heroism Monument" medal (ND), 1948-49; minted in silver by "Aurum" company; weight: 5.6g; size (medal + 1st tallion): 28.5mm x 39mm.
Trapezoid shaped tallion with leafed(?) frame depicting what is also known as the "Heroism Road Monument", with legend in English "Monument to the Heroes of Jerusalem" on either side; on the monument, in Hebrew at top is the Biblical quotation "If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem May My Right Hand Forget its Cunning" with the IDF's emblem above, and further below among the bricks the words "Monument to the Forgers of the Way to Jerusalem" ("Gilad LePortzei Yerushalayim"); at top left is a factory(?) mark: the number "17" inside the Hebrew letter "Mem" (perhaps meaning "Factory 17" - "Mifal 17"). The reverse is plain apart from the manufacturer's triangular stamp with "Product of Israel" in Hebrew.
This is not an official Israeli Army medal, but given its ribbon it may have been issued privately to those involved in either the creation of the road to Jerusalem (which involved several foreign volunteers in the IDF - "Machal" members), or in the erection of the monument (1948).
Unlikely to have been a tourist momento as there is no touristic connection with the monument itself. The erection of the monument crowns a vital achievement of the time: the completion of a bypass route to beseiged Jerusalem, whose only route till then was the Latrun road (at that time, in spite of numerous Israeli attempts to capture it, in Jordanian Arab Legion control).
The bypass originated as an improvision devised by Col. David Marcus, called the "Burma Road" (Marcus himself was accidentally killed in June of that year and a separate monument built in his honor in Abu Gosh, where he was killed - some sources mistakenly attribute the monument here to him) but it was a dust road, rocky and winding and difficult to traverse, so a parallel wider road was built further south between September and December 1948 and known as the "Road of Heroism" ("Kvish HaGvura").
The creation of the road was vital to Jewish Jerusalem's survival and so - in national spirit - to all of Israel, as evidenced by the stature of the event: the Chief of Staff and the Prime Minister/Minister of Defence David Ben-Gurion attended the foundation of the monument's keystone (7 Dec. 1948), and in his address said "The road we are inaugurating today is the embodiment of the apex of wartime effort for the homeland and independence because by it is connected the most tragic as well as the most heroic battle since we were forced to stand at the gates before our numerous enemies - the battle for Jerusalem". The monument is one of a series now maintained by the Engineers Corps of the IDF. In VF.
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Item Code: 0130654 Price: SOLD
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"War of Independence" campaign Ribbon, with paper award holder from the Ministry of Defense, with "War of Independence Ribbon" stamped below. The ribbon has the early safety-pin back, and the back of ribbon is maker marked by "Mori" of Jerusalem.
This ribbon was awarded to all IDF personnel on active duty during at least 4 months between 1 February 1948 and 10 March 1949; all IDF personnel who were killed during the War of Independence (in this case the ribbon would be presented to the family of the soldier); others who took part in fights of the War of Independence (whose eligibility for the ribbon would be determined on a case-by-case basis); those who where confined to a border settlement for a continuous period of 120 days between the dates mentioned above; officials dealing with immigration and arms procurement, also between the dates above. Presentation of this ribbon started in 1951.
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Item Code: 0020008 Price: SOLD
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"Decoration of State Warriors" service decoration (for civil wear), pin and award document, awarded on or around Israel's 20th Independence Day, 2 May 1968. This decoration was awarded to members of military or paramilitary organizations who fought for the establishment of the State of Israel, from HaShomer in 1909 till the independence of the country. Presentation of the decoration started in 1968.
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Item Code: 0020009 Price: SOLD
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1967 Israeli Postal Authority Workers Committee soldiers' memorial commemorative medal, 1967; struck in bronze; no makers mark; weight: 32.55g; size (medal only): 40mm x 44.5mm.
Obverse legend reads "Assembly of the Israel Post Workers' Committees [in] Unified Jerusalem 17 [in the month of] Tammuz 5727 25.7.67" with list of the names of the Postal Authority's fallen workers ("The Fallen of the Six Day War"); on reverse a small image - a well known design - of religious Jews praying at the Western Wall of the Old City of Jerusalem.
Issued roughly 7 weeks after the end of the Six Day War (which saw the liberation and unification of Jerusalem - specifically the Old City), and mostly likely because of the date 17 of Tammuz: in the Jewish calendar this day in the year 70 marks the start of the Roman seige on Jerusalem, which a little under a month later brought about the fall of the Second Temple (both dates marked by a fast), and eventually the exile of the Jews from the Holyland. With a blue-and-white ribbon cross cut by a black ribbon of mourning. In UNC.
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Item Code: 0130657 Price: SOLD
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Yom Kippur War token of appreciation in English, 1973: blackened bronze tallion bearing the IDF's emblem surmounted by olive wreaths, with dedication in English etched on reverse: "With Appreciation Min.[istry] of Def.[efense] I.D.F. Israel Oct. 73".
As this is a token from the highest levels of the defense establishment - and in English - it is probably in thanks to the American members of the airlift of arms which the US began sending to the IDF on 14 October 1973. Though arriving 8 days "late", the supplies were appreciated thus by David ("Dado") Elazar, the Chief of Staff: "We fire every morning what arrives in the [previous] evening from the United States. The IDF's own supplies we already exhausted some time ago."
The American airlift came by Galaxy transport planes and brought in about a thousand tons of materiel every day for close to a month. In UNC; weight, 14.8g; size: 30mm x 35.5mm.
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Item Code: 0130069 Price: €75
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1973 Yom Kippur numbered US gratitude medal, 1973; struck in bronze; by A. Sendik, produced by the Shekel medal company; weight: 93.2; size: 58.5mm: obverse depicts Israeli flag and IDF emblem (olive branch intertwined with sword) against backdrop of American flag, with legend in Hebrew "War of Judgement Day 5734" and legend along edge in English "U.S. Help in Judgement-Day War 1973"; reverse shows uniformed soldier bearing rifle and 'Talit' (Jewish prayer shawl).
Ironically American weapons assistance was necessary during the war after the US Government warned Israel before the war that if she struck her enemies pre-emptively she would not receive "so much as a nail" in assistance from the Americans (ref: Henry Kissinger). In UNC: lacquered finish with toning in places, but no signs of actual wear. The item is listed in this section only because there is no other more appropriate category for it on this page.
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Item Code: 0130053 Price: €20
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1973 Yom Kippur numbered US gratitude medal, 1973; struck in silver; by A. Sendik, produced by the Shekel medal company (not artist/maker marked); weight: 24.55g; size: 35.5mm: obverse depicts Israeli flag and IDF emblem (olive branch intertwined with sword) against backdrop of American flag, with legend in Hebrew "War of Judgement Day 5734" and legend along edge in English "U.S. Help in Judgement-Day War 1973"; reverse shows uniformed soldier bearing rifle and 'Talit' (Jewish prayer shawl). In VF-EF with a few light surface scuffs and a light rim scratch. The item is listed in this section only because there is no other more appropriate category for it on this page.
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Item Code: 0130063 Price: €28
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ISRAELI ARMY ACCOUTREMENTS, HEADWEAR and UNIFORMS
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Rare first khaki version of the Israeli Army (IDF) 'Hitelmacher' hat, with metal insignia badge, circa. 1947-48. 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).
This first issue was part of a donated shipment hats specially produced for the Hagana/Israeli Army by American-Jewish hat makers, whose Yiddish title "hitelmacher" (hat-maker) became the Israelis' coined name for these uniquely designed pieces of headwear with fastened collapsable sides (for neck-protection against the sun).
This issue differs significantly from its Israeli counterpart in a number of ways. The hat overall is more rudimentary in manufacture, with simpler stitching: it lacks the leather sweatband of the green denim issues (which may account for the hat's more 'crushed' appearance) and simply bears a light denim reinforcement around the base (with plastic lining on its reverse); it lacks additional lining on the inside; there are no internal supports for strengthening the hat's shape.
The hat is also higher than its Israeli counterpart, and the foldable flaps don't line up as neatly with the hat's crown, or cling closely around it. The air-holes/hook-catches for the flaps are made of khaki-painted metal (and not closely stitched edging). The visor is shorter and made entirely of denim (therefore it's softer and less rigid than the green Israel issue), with a curved stitch pattern around its front (on the top and bottom).
There are slits for buttons in the corners of the flaps, but no buttons (or leather chin cord) are attached to the sides of the hat as on the Israeli issue. Photographic evidence suggests that the buttons and [black or khaki] chin straps for these khaki hats may have been added later, in Israel; the basic sample may simply have included button holes for future additions in-country.
The key and most significant characteristic of this issue is the maker's mark: a stamp on the inside back edge in transliterated Yiddish spelled in Hebrew letters, reading: "Ai Matana Von Americaner Hitel-Macher Durch Der Initziation Von Trier Union Komitet Fur Histadrut" ('A present of the American hat-makers through the initiative of the Union Committee of the Histadrut' - the Histadrut is the Zionist labor union in Israel). Additional signage includes the stamped hat size (7 1/4) next to the 'Hitelmacher' legend, and the Hebrew letter 'Tzadi' (צ) in a circle stamped on the inside crown (signifying IDF usage: 'Tzadi' is the first letter of the abbrevation 'Tzahal' in Hebrew, or 'IDF', in English).
The hat sports a lovely metal insignia of the IDF, the original version with two metal prongs on the reverse, and with red cloth backing. A lovely and significant piece of Israeli militaria.
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Item Code: 0120011 Price: SOLD
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Israeli 'Hitelmacher' army hat, 1947-49. An example of one of Israel's first, unique pieces of military headwear (the ubiquitous 'sock-hat' - "kova gerev" - would be the other): a light-green denim cap with drop-down sides, to protect the wearer's neck from the sun. This piece does contain the plastic maker-mark stitched onto the inside, but through the years the identity has been worn off; the green-colored side buttons are similarly not maker-marked - like caps of this early period. The hat has two holes, one on top of the other, at the front, where the semi-curved metal badge of the newly founded Israel Defence Forces would have been worn (with two metal prongs on its rear-end - one on the top and another at the bottom; see the Israel memorabilia article on the "about us" page for an example of what this badge looked like). The hat has a brown leather lining, which together with the good condition of the hat in green, gives it a lovely appearance. Hats of this type were manufactured between 1947-48 in New York for the Israeli Army, and were produced by a Jewish business using the Yiddish phrase "Hitelmacher" ('Hat Maker') in their name - the name stuck, and hats of this type then and since have been referred to as 'Hitelmacher' hats. Rare and significant.
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Item Code: 0110004 Price: SOLD
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Israeli Army (IDF) 'Hitelmacher' hat, circa. early-mid 1950's. An example of one of Israel's first and unique pieces of military headwear (the other piece would be the ubiquitous 'sock hat' - the "Kova Gerev"): a light-green denim cap with drop-down sides at the back, to protect the wearer's neck from the sun. This example has the green colored leather chin-strap cord on the front, held by two plain green (un maker-marked) metal buttons; the drop down flap is folded and hooked to the buttons with stretch bands. It is also fastened to the hat by metal hooks at the top of the flaps. The inside has a brown leather liner; the maker's identity is printed on a diamond-shaped paper label with transparent plastic on top, stitched to the inside top of the cap - the plastic cover is largely missing and much of the print on the paper is gone: the make is from "Nachlat Binyamin St. 23 A" in Tel Aviv. The cap is in excellent, preserved physical condition though it has mud spots, mostly on the right side of the cap.
Hats of this type were originally manufactured in New York for the new-born Israeli Army, and were produced by a Jewish business using the Yiddish phrase "Hitelmacher" ('Hat Maker') in their name - the name stuck, and hats of this type then and since have been referred to as 'Hitelmacher' hats. This one is of an Israeli make, hence the estimated later date for its use. Inside, it is stamped with the Hebrew letter "Tet" and the number "55" - the "Tet" probably refers to the cap size; the "55" may be the issue date although the wearing of Hitelmacher hats ceased sometime around the period of the 1956 Sinai Campaign (Operation Kadesh). The hat retains its shape well - lovely, rare and significant.
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Item Code: 0120007 Price: SOLD
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Israeli Army (IDF) used British paratrooper type-3 steel helmet, circa. 1948-mid-1950's. This is a BMB (Briggs Motor Bodies) manufactured shell, dated 1944 and sized 7 (the size is stamped in a shield-like device with the date digits spilt in pairs before and after the shield). It is an olive-green painted helmet with lightly coarsed surfaces, white canvas webbing, tan leather sweatband and chin support, and thick reinforced side padding (now dry and somewhat brittle) around the liner which is held in place to the shell by an extra band of metal. The name "Katz" is written twice in Hebrew on the liner - once on a canvas strap and again on the leather sweatband.
The elements which make this specifically a type-3 helmet and a paratrooper issue as opposed to a tank helmet or dispatch riders helmet - with which each is often confused with the other - lie in these details: the canvas straps (i.e. type-3 characteristic versus type-2 which had thick black leather straps with punched holes; and not a dispatch rider helmet liner), the thick padding (i.e. not a tanker-helmet liner) and the large bolts visible on the exterior of the helmet holding the liner in place (i.e. a paratrooper helmet as opposed to a tanker's helmet which had small bolts).
The significance of the helmet is not that it is a generally sought-after British paratrooper's helmet but rather its connection to the Israeli paratrooper ("tzankhanim" in Hebrew) force: as a 1944 issue it was probably used during the early days of the Israeli paratrooper unit (which may account for it lacking a stamping of the Hebrew letter "Tzadi" [צ], which in later years of better organization, was used to catalog and account for military inventory in the IDF), which was founded in September 1948 outside Haifa in a former British commando school and numbered 219 officers and men organized into 3 companies; the Israeli "tzankhanim" units are prestigious formations in the IDF with much accumulated battle glory in the last 60 years, and count among them Ariel Sharon's elite "Unit 101", the 890th parachuted-infantry Battalion and the 1st Paratroop 202nd Brigade - among others.
At the time of the formation of the paratrooper unit, the IDF acquired much of its initial equipment from British surplus stocks - much of which was actually defective or requiring assembly and part-replacement. Similar to the concept of "Hitelmacher" hats, the Israelis also coined a phrase for these British paratrooper helmets - these were called "French helmets": although the initial training courses of Israeli paratroopers took place in Czechoslovakia in 1948, in the early 1950's, when Israel enjoyed warm relations with France, it was the French who also gave training courses to the IDF - and using their supply of Free French British-made surplus from the Second World War, the Israelis labelled these helmets "French helmets". In excellent overall condition, though with brittle padding inside and in places a somewhat worn leather sweatband. For more information on the Israeli "Tzankhanim" and photographs of their soldiers in British helmets and equipment, please see this page.
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Item Code: 0110038 Price: SOLD
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Israeli Army Intelligence corps ('Aman') hat, 1950s. Khaki and brown cloth visor hat, with plastic visor and leather band held by IDF buttons, with metal insignia of the Corps on front. Maker's label is on the inside: "Dov Bonek and Sons Workshop for All Kinds of Uniform Hats", of Yafo Street in Tel Aviv. Well made, in preserved condition.
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Item Code: 0010174 Price: SOLD
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Israeli army (IDF) khaki battle-dress pants, 1949: long khaki pants with side 'slit' pockets and two rear pockets with triangular flaps (buttons missing); pant fronts have button-down fly with flap to hide the buttons (each one is different and looks like they may have been replaced over time with wear). The pants have the partial remains of an army tag bearing "Tzava" (Army) in Hebrew, with a date which looks like "6/49" underneath, and the maker's name "Moshe Prufal(?)"; another similar tag is nearly worn clean (the word "tzava" and the size "7" are barely visible). The initials "KL" have been penned on the inside flap. The pants have standard pantloops around the waist, and are manufactured in a rudimentary manner similar to the American-made 'hitelmacher' hats of the period. Has some moth nips, frays to the leg flaps and an opening in the rear stitching. For a related item, please see Item 0110034.
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Item Code: 0010209 Price: SOLD
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Israeli army (IDF) khaki battle-dress shirt, 1950: a rarely seen version of the Israel Defense Forces work/battle dress uniform shirt (probably domestically made - see item 0010209), with angular-cut front pockets, and butternut colored American styled plastic buttons (6 down the front). The inside is stamped in two places along the bottom shirt-tail with the Hebrew letter "Tzadi" (for the first letter of the word "Tzava", or "army") and two numbers ("2878" - perhaps a source code, and "40" - perhaps a size); another label bears the Hebrew word "Tzava" (Army) in Hebrew, with the date underneath "1/50" (January, 1950), the size (41) and a place for the supplier (which is left blank). A tab at the collar which may have revealed the manufacturer is now mostly missing. Except for the lowest front button which is missing and a age stain to a portion of the front of the shirt, the uniform is in superb physical condition. For a related item, please see Item 0010209.
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Item Code: 0110034 Price: SOLD
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Israeli army (IDF) tunic and pants set: 1961-62 issue dark-green British-styled battledress uniform, usually used as winter or ceremonial wear in the IDF. In excellent condition, the set features a 4 front-button British-styled tunic/blouse with pleated front pockets with angular pocket flaps which hide the buttons and a waist-strap (with metal loop); the pants have a double-button front flap, button-down fly with hidden buttons, two slit side pockets and two back pockets - one with a small button-down flap, and 7 belt-loop waist. Inside is a lable with the IDF's quartermaster emblem (a "Tzadi" in a circle), the year 61/62, the size, and a place for the manufacturer's name (left blank). There is also a tag in English indicating that the pants were mothproofed with Miten pesticide. The name "Shoham" is pen written in Hebrew on the inside pant liner. The uniform may have been manufactured domestically as neither component conforms to the standard appearance of either British or Canadian P37, P40, or P49 uniforms.
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Item Code: 0010210 Price: €100
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Israeli pioneering memorabilia: Israeli-made light green shorts made by "ATA" (possibly 1953), with British army styled brown plastic buttons - 3 concealed as a button-down fly and a two-button front fastening along the waist (with an extra button inside). The shorts have two side slit pockets and one integrated buttoned back pocket with angular flap, and 5 belt loops along the waist. In excellent condition. There is a label inside saying "Saniforized" in English and Hebrew, the ATA emblem in English and Hebrew, and the logo for the ATA "Kurdaneh" factory in Kiryat Motzkin, in English, Hebrew and Arabic. There are a few other stamps inside, probably regarding size and supply codes (i.e. in regards to the era's auterity period - "Tzena" - rationing of consumer goods), plus a less legible round stamp with the number "535" and some Hebrew text - possibly the production date (May 1953) and location of manufacture.
ATA - an acronym for "Organizations of Produce from Our Land", a name given by Nobel Laureate Shay Agnon - was a factory which produced a series of day-wear and work clothes for civilians and youth movements, reflecting the pioneering Zionist spirit of the times, mostly khaki and gray for pants, and light blue and white for shirts; it eventually set up a chain of stores called "Khanuyot Ata" - Ata Stores - which sold its goods, mostly in the 1950's and '60s.
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Item Code: 0110035 Price: €30
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ISRAELI ARMY (IDF) DOCUMENTS and EPHEMERA:
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Israeli Army Intelligence Corps ("Aman") translation of Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser's treatise "The Philosophy of the Revolution", November 1954. A 51-page paperback booklet presented in the then style (since the late 1930's) of internal Israeli military/police documents: small size (12cm x 16cm), plain and simple text cover. The booklet is entitled "Booklet for Awareness of the Middle East, No. [no number given]"; the word "Restricted" has since been crossed off, and below is written "This booklet is the property of the Israel Defense Forces, General Staff, Intelligence Corps".
The booklet, Nasser's ideological blueprint outlining Egypt's leading role in the Arab world, features a sober and balanced - if revealing - preface by the then head of "Aman", Colonel B. [Binyamin] Gibli, in which writes: "The image of the Colonel Gamal Abed Al Nasser, the military ruler of Egypt these days, is one of the most fascinating of among the leaders of the Arab states. It has a lot of elements which are not usual in leadership as contrasted with the old school: a degree of youth, fervor, emotion, and a sincere ambition for social improvements. With that, Abed Al Nasser serves - through his own personality - as a symbol for the misgivings which characterize the younger generation which today rules in a few of the Arab states. Emotion and logic serve him in a mixed form: an extreme sense of righteousness together with prejudices; religion and secularism. It won't be surprising therefore that these internal contradictions frequently find expression in contradicting positions and declarations and in frequent upheavals in the government itself. To all these matters the writer of this treatise - Abed Al Nasser - gives faithful expression. In the name of the booklet itself, "The Philosophy of the Revolution", there is an element of contradiction as the writer himself admits, and who finds difficulty reconciling between his impressions as they come up in his booklet and his general world-view - which is based on philosophy. Indeed the Egyptian revolution has not yet reached a crystallization of its world view. The revolution itself stands as an accomplished fact, but its orientation and direction are still in question. The Israeli reader will find in this booklet a rare opportunity to be in the atmosphere of a young Arab military leader who learned - however - not a small lesson from the War of Independence with us. The position of Abed Al Nasser towards the problem of Eretz Israel expresses openly the inner feelings of this Arab leader. The reader would do well to delve further into the contents of this booklet; he will find it to be a key to understanding the events transpiring across the border which has not yet known peace [with us] for the past seven years."
Gibli himself was transferred from his position the following year as a result of the mishandling of "Operation Suzanna" - the "Lavon Affair", in which Israeli agent-provocateurs attacked American targets in Egypt in an attempt to discredit the Egyptian regime. One other notable characteristic of this booklet is that it came out immediately after the Egyptian edition that same year; the English edition came out in 1955. In overall good condition with a liquid stain on the pages and a small tear on the cover page.
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Item Code: 0120024 Price: €35
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Israeli military driver's license, 1948. Thick card license issued 1 August, 1948 to Alexander Feinrich to drive a motorcycle, by the Transportation Service of the military (embossed and dated stamp, and officer's signature). Issued during the height of the War of Independence, the card's stylized 'Bauhaus' font is unmistakably Israeli, while its production on simple card-paper highlights the period of strife during which it was produced. Has a small tear at the side.
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Item Code: 0010173 Price: €20
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Set of 3 old Israeli Army (IDF) soldiers' magazine issues of "Ba'machane" ('In the Camp' - "The Newspaper of the Soldiers of Israel"), 1949-52. The first issue (16 June 1949) commemorates one year to the death of David 'Mickey' Marcus. David Marcus was an American West Point graduate and former commander of the Ranger School who came to Israel at Ben Gurion's invitation to help train, organize and lead the new Israel Defense Forces in the War of Independence (1947-49). Marcus succeeded in a manner that turned him into the first Israeli general in nearly 2,000 years. Ben Gurion called him "the best man we had", and in tribute to his services the army magazine dedicated an issue to him.
On the cover he is referred to as "The commander, D. M. Marcus". Inside there is a biographical article on Marcus, highlighting his contributions to the IDF, as well as a personal recollection written by the then Chief of Staff, Ya'akov Dori, in which he writes: "I had the privilige of meeting Col. Marcus many times in the course of his short service in Israel. He was my most trustworthy advisor in many instances. I admired his judgment, his ingenuity, and the inspiration which came from his arguments. In these personal qualities and in his realistic approach to military problems he contributed greatly to the completion of the Israeli war machine." There is also an article on a monument to soldiers of the War of Independence (which ended 3 months earlier, in March 1949), a piece on students (i.e. demobilized soldiers) returning to studies at the Terre Santa Franciscan school, plus columns on art, sport, chess - and pictures of the week (of soldiers, Arab residents, and even a woman receiving one of the first austerity period ['Tzena'] ration booklets. The back cover features a bare-chested female(?) sunbather. Nice period-piece graphic advertisements, too.
The second issue (29 June 1950) features the Nachal (soldier-pioneer/farmer) infantry brigade moving out into the wilderness (to help establish communities). Characteristically the cover photo is of a female sergeant (illustrating the equality between males and females in the Army). The issue opens with photo of the opening of a forest to commemorate the Soviet victory in the Second World War. There is a background piece on the Korean War; an article on the military agreement of the Arab League; a photo-article on the visit of British Admiral (of the Mediterranean Fleet) Sir Johan Adelsten; a piece on lessons of spying in the Second World War; and the usual columns and graphic adverts, including letters from soldiers. The back cover features a photo of the American entertainer Eddie Cantor in the company of IDF soldiers.
The third issue (24 April 1952) is from a period where the magazine contains more content, and more detached observations of issues. It covers "Operation 600", the final physical tests of 600 graduates of the Officers school who subsequently rejoined the ranks of the IDF. Many nice photos of foreign military observers, IDF equipment and Ben Gurion among the boys. The paper includes photo reminiscences of events in 1947 and 1948 ("today in history"), pieces on preparations for the upcoming Independence Day celebrations, something on officers and soldiers studying economics and law at night; a survey of news from other foreign armies including the results of the American war maneuvers "Long Ram Horn", the battles on the border to Pakistan and India, a new American rifle to replace the "Garant". There are also assorted news surveys from around the world and specifically on the Arab states. There's a piece about the country focusing on its stamp treasures at the second national stamp exhibition, and a second part to a series on "Secrets of the British Censor".
Bamachane was first launched by the pre-State Jewish defense force "Haganah" ('Defense') in December 1934, and the paper (now 64 pages long) is now the country's oldest weekly. Nostalgic with interesting, rarely seen pictures of Army insignia and equipment. The first two issues have frayed edges, some tears and loose pages; the last issue is solid.
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Item Code: 0120013 Price: SOLD
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A lot of of 7 "Visiting Permits" of the Interior Ministry issued by the Israeli Army to Arab residents of the occupied territories, 1976-77. These 7 permits were issued by various local military and civil authorities in cities in the West Bank and the Gaza strip between December 1976 and January 1977. The documents bear interesting stamps, including entry stamps for Allenby Bridge, Adam Bridge, Metulla Crossing and Ben Gurion airport; and local authorization stamps from the civil authority of Gaza (city), the military government of Dir al-Balach, the military representation in Ramallah, the military command in Hebron and also in Bethlehem. One document also bears 12 "Zahal" (Israel Defence Forces) military revenue stamps (Bale W.Rev.38), which were used since 1967 in the occupied territories for collecting transit fees (see lot 0010066). All pictures are represented in the order just described. An interesting documentary and philatelic lot, in Very Fine condition.
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Item Code: 0010077 Price: €15
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Israeli "Ma'ariv" newspaper wartime edition for Yom Kippur War: the 10 October 1973 "Sukkot" holiday edition, on the 4th day of the war with Egypt and Syria; 20 pages long including a separate holiday supplement. The opening headlines read: "Large Syrian 'pocket' in central Golan Heights destroyed"; "Heavy Katyusha rocket attack overnight on Kiryat Shmona"; "Iraqi force enters Syria"; "British intelligence confirms that the Russians are on their way to Israel". A brief comment by the paper's staff apologises for the shortness of the holiday edition due to many of its workers being drafted into the army and wishes its readers a happy holiday.
Other stories inside are split between the "northern front", "southern front", "home front", the "political front", and speak of the Syrian ground forces sustaining a heavy blow; a force of 15 Israeli soldiers holding out for 50 hours against Syrian tank and infantry forces; Egyptian television broadcasting scores of Israeli prisoners of war; 32 Israeli soldiers from an outpost on the Suez canal fighting encirclement for 60 hours and marching 8 hours in overrun territory back to an IDF base; an early article bringing up the issue that an Israeli pre-emptive strike (before the outbreak of the war) would have caused a deep rift between her and the United States - a long-standing sore fact that makes appraising the causes of the war painful to solve. The holiday supplement contains interesting war maps of the two battle fronts, of the first 3 days of the war. And also of note - the early use of the phrase "the Yom Kippur War" in the presentation of the war coverage, as the war did indeed become known by this name in Israel.
The significance of early War editions like this one lies partially in the fact that the Yom Kippur War was the last full scale war between Israel and her neighbors (in a sense the last major war in the middle east between more than two parties), and also in the fact that the surprise of the attack was so pivotal that the making of progress in the war - and of history - in the early days of the war were measured day by day by an accumulation of many big and small events. In this case, Israel's first counter-attack on the 8th of October failed, so that by the day of this edition - the 10th - the country was facing the real possibility of a catastrope. The sad irony is that the war was actually one of limited aims by the Egyptians and Syrians, but the Israeli leadership surprised by the attack, panicked and encouraged the Arab forces to continue further. The paper is in very good condition: not mint, with vertical and horizontal folds, but no tears and even suitable for framing.
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Item Code: 0070018 Price: SOLD
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Israeli "Ma'ariv" newspaper wartime edition for Yom Kippur War: the 15 October 1973 Monday edition, on the 9th day of the war; 12 pages long. Occuring the same day but not yet appearing in the day's papers was the Israeli ground operation which effectively turned the tide of the war in her favor until the end - Operation Valiant ("Abirey Lev" in Hebrew), Israel's counter-attack against the Egyptians in the Sinai and the crossing of the Suez canal; the operation in which Ariel Sharon gained fame. This edition opens with uncharacteristically open reports about Israel's casualties, 656 soldiers dead so far (it took the defense minister, Moshe Dayan, two days from the outbreak of the war - October 8th - to publicly admit the heavy losses the army was sustaining).
Other headlines read: "New York Times: Israel's air superiority diminished"; "25 Egyptian sea vessels sunk overnight in Israeli navy attack on Suez". Other stories from inside include an article on the death of IDF Gen. Albert Mandler, commander of the 252 Sinai Division, by Egyptian artillery fire (he was killed on the 13th); Israeli forces 30 kilometers away from Damascus; Egypt leaves 200 tanks and 1000 dead after 7 hour tank battle with Israel. More noteworthy in this edition are actually the emergency notices: a whole page devoted to hotlines for soldiers from various municipalities and areas of the country - from Netanya and Ashdod to Kibbutz Afikim and Arad; a "special concert" featuring Isaac Stern by the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra and the Israel Broadcasting Authority; another special concert by the Israeli Classical Ensemble featuring Pinchas Zuckerman; also an editorial cartoon by the cartoonist 'Dosh' (Kariel Gardosh). The paper is in very good condition, though with two tears on the upper left corner of the front page; vertical and horizontal folds.
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Item Code: 0070019 Price: €8
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Set of 8 original Israeli color photos from the Yom Kippur War (1973), depicting after-battle scenes of the Sinai front with Egypt. The photos include scenes of an unidentified Israeli IDF officer and private on captured Egyptian T-62 tanks, a mobile pontoon over a water way (perhaps the Suez Canal), an upturned pick-up truck, a barren battlefield with signs of wreckage and a destroyed (T-62?) tank. All in excellent condition.
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Item Code: 0070015 Price: €8
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MILITARIA of the ISRAEL POLICE & CIVIL DEFENSE FORCES:
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Rare Israeli Police metal hat badge for the Jerusalem area police, 1948. Lightweight (4.15g), stamped metal badge with the word "Police" in Hebrew, English and Arabic around the circle (with 6-pointed stars separating the words, on left and right sides) and the word "Jerusalem" in Hebrew along the center bar. Reverse of badge has two simple soldiered metal looks through which would pass a fastening pin. Used only briefly and so rare. As the origins of this force are little known I describe it here below (ref: "The Hebrew Policeman During the Mandate", Simcha Frumer; 1973, pg. 247-250):
With the deadline for the end of the British Mandate in Palestine (on 14 May 1948) drawing close, in April of that year David Ben-Gurion (the Chairman of the Jewish Agency) called for the formation of a "situational committee" for the creation of a future Israeli municipality in Jewish parts of Jerusalem, and one of the purposes of this committee was to plan the formation of a police force in the area.
The basis for this force came from the 150-man Jewish component of a joint 300-man Arab-Jewish city police which the British had promulgated, and the initial Israeli police force for Jerusalem came into being on 18 May 1948. The force immediately dispensed with the "kolpak" hats worn till then, appropriated a different visored hat, and the emblem worn by this force was the badge presented here.
The planned strength of this force was 400, but difficulty obtaining the manpower kept the force small. Officers and sergeants received revolvers; corporals on duty received two, and the officer on duty received one. Ten rifles were set aside for mobile patrols - and all these weapons were budgeted 25 bullets each.
The Jerusalem police force existed as a separate entity from the Israel Police until August 1948, when it was absorbed into its ranks and adopted its uniform and insignia.
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Item Code: 0120044 Price: SOLD
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Rare hand-stamp of the "Association of Former Jewish Policemen in Israel" ("Igud HaShotrim HaYehudiyim LeSheavar BeIsrael"); circa. 1950s: features Hebrew legend surmounting the old emblem of the Palestine Police ("PP"); metal stamp on square wooden block.
When the Israeli Police was founded on 14 May 1948 it inherited almost completely the legacy of British policing embodied by the now-disbanded Palestine Police - ranks, style of uniform, training and professional outlook; in 1958 the Israel Police underwent transformation, shedding most of its British traditions and adopting a more "Hebrew" style of work and appearance. In all likelihood this Association emblem relates to the period from 1948-57; little is known about the association and the present "Israeli Retired Policemen Association" was founded in 1969.
Size: 250mm wide x 260mm long x 240mm high; weight: 15.40g.
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Item Code: 0120054 Price: €100
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Israel, civil guard armband - a service armband of the civil guard ("Mishmar Ezrakhi"), 1960's. The armband was worn by a civilian warden during air raid warnings, ordered civilians to turn off their lights and assisted them to bomb shelters. The band sports a few white slashes in the design - enough to make it visible in the darkness without attracting too much light in emergencies. Excellent, preserved condition with light age stains.
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Item Code: 0020021 Price: SOLD
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