Bidspirit auctions | Historama Auction May 6, 2021

Historama, May 6, 2021. 939 lots.

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Lots in this catalog (939)

• Lot 130001: Early Zionist postcards: photo postcard of The Waterfall Tanur near Metullah,
• Lot 130002: Yishuv postcards: photo postcard of The Electrical Work of [Pinchas] Rutenberg at Naharaim,
• Lot 130003: Yishuv postcards: photo postcard of Ruttenberg Power Station at Tel Or (Naharayim),
• Lot 130004: Yishuv postcards: photo postcard of Orange Groves at Migdal,
• Lot 130005: Yishuv postcards: photo postcard of Jewish Settlements in the Jordan Valley,
• Lot 130006: Yishuv postcards: photo postcard of Kvutzah Ginegar [settlement],
• Lot 130007: Yishuv postcards: photo postcard of Kibbutz Kinereth,
• Lot 130008: Yishuv postcards: photo postcard of Arab Restaurant in Jaffa,
• Lot 130009: Yishuv postcards: photo postcard of Orange Picking at Mikveh Israel,
• Lot 130010: Yishuv-Bauhaus/Art Deco postcards: photo montage postcard of Tel Aviv depicting key landmarks/buildings and
• Lot 130011: Yishuv-Bauhaus/Art Deco postcards: photo montage postcard of Tel Aviv depicting key landmarks/buildings and
• Lot 130012: Yishuv-Bauhaus postcards: photo postcard of Tel Aviv - Crossing Allenbey (sic) Road,
• Lot 130013: Yishuv-Art Deco architecture postcards: photo postcard of Tel Aviv - The House of Bialik and the Municipality,
• Lot 130014: Yishuv-Bauhaus postcards: photo postcard of Tel Aviv (showing the Gat-Rimon Hotel on the seaside),
• Lot 130015: Yishuv-Art Deco architecture postcards: photo postcard of Tel Aviv - Mograbi [theater],
• Lot 130016: Yishuv postcards: photo postcard of Tel Aviv - The House of the Volunteer Fire Brigade,
• Lot 130017: Yishuv-Bauhaus postcards: photo postcard of Tel Aviv (showing the San Remo Hotel),
• Lot 130018: Yishuv-Bauhaus postcards: photo postcard of Tel Aviv - Mordecai's Corner,
• Lot 130019: Yishuv-Bauhaus postcards: photo postcard of Tel Aviv - Overhead View,
• Lot 130020: Holyland-Old City Jerusalem: photo postcard of Tomb of David, with embossed edge; by J. Beagles & Co. London;
• Lot 130021: Holyland-Old City Jerusalem: photo postcard of Place of our Lord's Acension, Olivet, with embossed edge; by J.
• Lot 130022: Holyland-Old City Jerusalem: photo postcard of Church of the Holy Sepulchre, with embossed edge; by J. Beagles & Co.
• Lot 130023: Holyland-Old City Jerusalem: photo montage greetings postcard Fond Wishes from Palestine, with embossed edge; by J.
• Lot 130024: Holyland-Jerusalem: photo postcard of Church of the Holy Sepulchre,
• Lot 130025: Holyland color picture postcard of Jericho - General View, on Universal Postal Union postal stationary;
• Lot 130026: Holyland color picture postcard of Jerusalem - David's Tomb, on Universal Postal Union postal stationary;
• Lot 130027: Holyland color picture postcard of Jerusalem - General View, on Universal Postal Union postal stationary;
• Lot 130028: Holyland color picture postcard of Jerusalem - Citadel of Zion [David's Tower],
• Lot 130029: Holyland color picture postcard of Jericho - General View, on Universal Postal Union postal stationary;
• Lot 130030: Turn of the 20th Century Holyland color picture postcard of Nazareth (Palestine): full front image without caption;
• Lot 130031: Turn of the 20th Century Holyland color picture postcard of Bethany [al-Eizariya] (Ottoman Palestine): full front
• Lot 130032: Turn of the 20th Century Holyland color picture postcard of the Dead Sea (Palestine): full front image without caption;
• Lot 130033: Turn of the 20th Century Holyland color picture postcard of a Baptism place on the Jordan River (Palestine): full
• Lot 130034: Turn of the 20th Century Holyland color picture postcard of the Garden of Gethsemane,
• Lot 130035: Eretz Israel-Palestina vintage 1920's era color picture postcard "Tel Aviv - Boy's School",
• Lot 130036: Eretz Israel-Palestina vintage 1920's era color picture postcard "The 'Makabi' awaiting Balfour near the Triumph Gate",
• Lot 130037: Zionist postcards: Hebrew-Bauhaus styled postcard of the Zionist-themed series by S. Adler of Haifa,
• Lot 130038: Lot of 3x illustrated drawing postcards of Jerusalem by E. Rosenberg, of Jerusalem sites; Palestine Mandate era; unused
• Lot 130039: Lot of 3x illustrated drawing postcards of Jerusalem by E. Rosenberg, of Jerusalem sites; Palestine Mandate era; unused
• Lot 130040: Black & White photograph of Eshel Avraham/Abraham's Tamarisk tree/Oak of Mamre in protected area;
• Lot 130041: WWII era photograph of Jewish soldier in the Czechoslovakian army;
• Lot 130042: Color print of Bezalel picture of Hebron, small surficial tear on bottom right, c.25.5 x 17cm
• Lot 130043: Zionist poster commemorating "Tel Hai Day" on the Jewish calendar date of 11th of Adar, in English, French,
• Lot 130044: Jewish Synagogues: Czechoslovakia > Prague - ALTNEU SHUL ("Old-New" Synagogue),
• Lot 130045: Jewish Synagogues: Germany > Nürnberg - GREAT SYNAGOGUE (on Hans-Sachs-Platz) in background of Pegnitz river view on
• Lot 130046: Jewish Synagogues: Czechoslovakia > Prague - OLD JEWISH CEMETARY black and white photographic postcard by Photobrom
• Lot 130047: Jewish Synagogues: Hungary > Pécs - NEOLOG (Reform) SYNAGOGUE in center of unattributed colorized photographic
• Lot 130048: Jewish Synagogue postcards: Czechoslovakia > Prague - photo postcard of the Alt Neu Shul, postally used 1925.
• Lot 130049: Jewish Synagogue postcards: Czechoslovakia > Teplice (Bad Teplitz-Schonau) - photo postcard of the town with the
• Lot 130050: Jewish Synagogue postcards in the Holocaust/WWII: Hungary > Gyongyos - photo montage postcard published by Weinstock
• Lot 130051: Jewish Synagogue postcards: Czechoslovakia > Prague - artistic picture postcard of the Alt Neu Shul published on thick
• Lot 130052: Volume #1 of "Correspondences in the German Jewish Archives" (mitteilungen des gesamtarchivs der deutchen Juden),
• Lot 130053: Post Holocaust Swiss Jewish calendar for Oct. 1948 - Sept. 1949, including counting of the Omer, Kaddish, Birkat Mazon,
• Lot 130054: Israel: Hagada shel Pesach Metzuyar (illustrated), in color; revised 2nd edition (undated, circa. 1958) by M.
• Lot 130055: Nazi occupied Eastern Europe "Im Dienst Der Sicherheitspolizei" ('In service of the security police') green armband
• Lot 130056: Third Reich propaganda in collectible cigarette cards: set of 50x minature (63 x 48mm) photographic collector cards of
• Lot 130057: Cap badge of the Palestine Police, 1920's-40's: this is the black-finished lightweight metal badge,
• Lot 130058: Transjordan Frontier Force (TJFF) mid-sized metal hat badge, circa. 1930's-40's; not maker-marked; weight: 5.25g.
• Lot 130059: Palestine/Yishuv shield shaped pin bearing the blue and white Star of David flag,
• Lot 130060: Palestine/Yishuv shield shaped stick pin bearing the blue and white Star of David flag,
• Lot 130061: Israeli Army IDF shoulder strap rank tag (as pin), featuring the Hebrew letter Nun and an olive branch growing from it,
• Lot 130062: Early Israeli military Judaica: 1949 War of Independence era pocket-sized hard-bound copy of TANACH,
• Lot 130063: IDF 'Fitness Badge' ("Ot HaKosher") silver class, circa. 1950's; not maker-marked (probably Shmuel Kretchmer); 16mm,
• Lot 130064: Israel early version pin for civilian employees of the Israeli Army IDF, "Ovdey Tzahal"; 24mm, 3.7g
• Lot 130065: Israeli Army/IDF ordanance corps uniface bronze tallion with emblem & slogan "careful maintenance - safe driving";
• Lot 130066: Israeli police pin in silver color awarded for a certain number of years of service (gold color is for 25 years),
• Lot 130067: Israeli Army/IDF painted metal shield-shaped pin of the Mighty Formation (Utzbat Adirim) also known as the 7338
• Lot 130068: Israeli Army IDF early version service pin of the Engineers Corps
• Lot 130069: Israeli Army IDF service pin for a trainer in the 460th Brigade of the Armored Corps,
• Lot 130070: Israeli Army IDF service pin of the mobile artillery column of the artillery corps
• Lot 130071: Israeli Army IDF service pin for the central transport base
• Lot 130072: Israeli Army IDF Mechanized-Armoured Infantry Corps pin ("Ot Khermesh"), circa. 1970's.
• Lot 130073: Israeli Army IDF unidentified qualifiation pin related to the paratroopers
• Lot 130074: Israeli Army IDF pin for graduates of the officers training school
• Lot 130075: Israeli Air Force/IAF flight school #12 pin for cadets in preparatory courses
• Lot 130076: Israeli Army GADNA youth battalion pin for training in target practice
• Lot 130077: Israel: Gadna pre-military youth battalion participant's pin at the Gadna Farms in the Arava desert,
• Lot 130078: Israel: Gadna pre-military youth battalion target practice competition pin in silver; 19.5 x 20.25mm, 1.7g
• Lot 130079: Israel: Gadna pre-military youth battalion sharp-shooting competition prize medal,
• Lot 130080: Israeli early version pin of the Gadna youth pre-military battalion squad leaders course (Kurse MaKim) graduate's pin
• Lot 130081: Israeli Army/IDF senior medical officer's service pin; 3.25g, 15.5 x 30.5mm
• Lot 130082: Israeli Navy service pin of the Naval Control Unit (Yehidat HaShlita HaYamit),
• Lot 130083: Israeli Army/IDF thick metal shield-shaped plaque with an unidentified unit emblem,
• Lot 130084: Givati Infantry Brigade / Israel's 30th Anniversary commemoration medal, issued by the municipality of Kiryat Gat,
• Lot 130085: Israeli Air Force/IAF olive wood keychain with embossed metal emblem of the Air Force; 45mm (disc only); 11.7g
• Lot 130086: Keychain momento of the Negev Nuclear Research Center at Dimona, circa. 1970s, bears image of the atomic symbol,
• Lot 130087: Israeli Army/IDF medallic momento of the Supply Battalion of the Central Regional Command, 1965;
• Lot 130088: Israeli Air Force/IAF metal test strike of a momento from the 113th Hornet Squadron (helicopters),
• Lot 130089: Israeli Army/IDF uniface medallic momento of the Supply Corps training base,
• Lot 130090: Israel Military Industries ("Ta'as") commemorative token on Israel's 30th Anniversary, 1978;
• Lot 130091: IDF Exhibition ("Ta'arukhat Tzahal") token, 1968; weight: 18.45g; size: 35mm.
• Lot 130092: Rally of the Organization of Members of the "Haganah" in Israel medal, in Jerusalem, 1973; struck in tombak;
• Lot 130093: Givati infantry Brigade 54th Battalion veterans assembly commemoration medal, 1961: struck in copper; no maker mark;
• Lot 130094: Israeli Army Intelligence Corps ("Aman") annotated translation of Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser's treatise "The
• Lot 130095: Israeli Army philatelic-public relations booklet "Two Open Bridges",
• Lot 130096: Austria: David and Batsheva ('Bathsheba' or 'Betsabe') cuckold Joachimstahler (ND), circa. 1540-1550; struck in brass;
• Lot 130097: Bohemian-Polish bracteate hammered coin, circa. 13th-14th centuries,
• Lot 130098: Metal & colored enamel decorative pin; 14.85g.
• Lot 130099: Germany > Brandenburg: Joseph and His Brothers inflationary Jeton ("Josefs-Jeton" - "Joseph und Seine Bruder"
• Lot 130100: Brass colored beer token with German legend "Good for One Glass of Beer" (Gut fur Ein Glas Bier) around Star of David
• Lot 130101: Germany: Jewish Hospital in Hamburg bronze token, 1841; by J.D.; 23mm, 3.8g.
• Lot 130102: Great Britain: "Coventry Club" denominated token 3 pence(?), with 5 pointed star on reverse; may be Batty #1767;
• Lot 130103: Germany, Hamburg; 25th Anniversary of Israel Loan Institute of Hamburg, 1841; cast in bronze; by Hans Friedrich Alsing;
• Lot 130104: France: "General Auguste Mercier Judge of the Traitor Dreyfus" medal, 1906; struck in bronze; designed by J.
• Lot 130105: Austria: Jacob Rothberger (Jewish clothing department store) brass token with depiction of the building on reverse,
• Lot 130106: East Germany (GDR): 775th Anniversary of Dessau 1213-1988 / Mendelssohn bust medal (1988); in bronze, by Helmut König;
• Lot 130107: France: Shmuel Yosef ("Shai") Agnon Nobel Prize commemoration bronze medal by Hélène Guastalla (1903-1983);
• Lot 130108: Russia/USSR: Heinrich Heine bronze medal by A. A. Manuilov, 1974; size: 60mm; weight: 124.15g.
• Lot 130109: Russia/Soviet Union: Reinhold Moritzevich/Ernest Glière (Glier) birth centennary bronze medal by Joseph Ivanovitch
• Lot 130110: Israel: 1959 B'nai B'rith Convention in Jerusalem medal in silver (1961); designed by Zvi Narkiss, minted by Zechovoy;
• Lot 130111: Israeli official medal in copper for the 1959 Bnai Brith Convention in Jerusalem, with smooth edge; 99.8g, 61.25mm.
• Lot 130112: Israel: Shavit Rocket I state medal (SM-15), 1962, in bronze; designed by Miriam Karoli; size: 59.5mm; weight: 112.3g.
• Lot 130113: Israel: 'Liberation I' 10th Anniversary of Israel's Independence state medal in copper, 1958;
• Lot 130115: US: small sized medal of Levi Eshkol "Prime Minister of Israel" with left facing relief portrait and English/Hebrew
• Lot 130116: Israel: small medallion commemorating Presidents Weizmann & Ben Zvi, the founding generation of the State;
• Lot 130117: Israel: large laquered bronze medallion commemorating Presidents Weizmann & Ben Zvi and the founding generation of the
• Lot 130118: Israel: 1973 Israeli 25th Anniversary illustrated bronze medallion issued by the Ramat Gan municipality; 16.65g, 35.5mm
• Lot 130119: Israel: large brass fantasy coin based on ancient Judean coin; 99.55g, 58.5mm
• Lot 130120: Israel: large pewter impression of a fantasy coin based on ancient Judean coins; 68.65g, 47mm
• Lot 130121: Israel: uniface cast bronze tallion (possibly bottle-cap opener) with replica of an ancient Judean Shekel coin from
• Lot 130122: Israeli authentic reproduction cast replica of an ancient Shekel of the First Revolt (stamped "copy" on the edge),
• Lot 130123: Israel: Samson's Inn/Mifgash Shimshon pentagonal cast bronze business plaquette, maker-marked Dayagi Israel; 49 x 50mm,
• Lot 130124: United States: gilded aluminum token issued on the occasion of the Jewish fraternal organization Bnai Brith's 125th
• Lot 130125: Israel Government Coins & Medals Corp (IGCM) season's greetings token on the occasion of Israel's 26th anniversary,
• Lot 130126: Israel Government Coins & Medals Corp (IGCM) season's greetings token on the occasion of Israel's 26th anniversary,
• Lot 130127: Israel Government Coins & Medals Corp (IGCM) token with "United We Stand" emblem on the back, 2004; 24.8mm, 4.8g
• Lot 130128: Financial Security good luck themed medal issued by the AINA America Israel Numismatic Association exclusively to its
• Lot 130129: Mattathias Antigonus biblical themed medal issued by the AINA America Israel Numismatic Association exclusively to its
• Lot 130130: Jerusalem themed token-medal issued by the Israel Government Coins & Medals Corporation, 1984; UNC
• Lot 130131: Israeli commemorative medal for Moshe Dayan Minister of Defense & the 1956 Sinai Campaign; artist marked Tidhar, UNC
• Lot 130132: US: Christian(?
• Lot 130133: Prooflike coin commemorating Israel's 25th Independence Anniversary 1973, issued by the JNS (Jewish Numismatic Society?
• Lot 130134: Russia: Euro-Asian Maccabi Saint Petersburg Jewish sports club medallion, possibly a 3rd place prize;
• Lot 130135: Russia: Euro-Asian Maccabi Saint Petersburg Jewish sports club medallion, possibly a participation medal;
• Lot 130136: US: American bronze medal commemorating 20th anniversary of VE Day (1965) with profiles of Generals Eisenhower,
• Lot 130137: US: enamel on metal tallion commemorating 25th anniversary of the UJA United Jewish Appeal charity, 1964; 2.7g,
• Lot 130138: Israel/US: United Charity Institutions of Jerusalem good luck token with replica of ancient Judean coin (Shekel?
• Lot 130139: US > New York: good luck/fund raising token for Hebrew Kindergarten & Infants Home, circa. 1920s-30s; size: 32.75mm;
• Lot 130140: Serial numbered bronze medal issued by the Israel Numismatic Society of Massachusettes for the inauguration of the
• Lot 130141: Serial numbered medal issued by the Israel Numismatic Society of Massachusettes for the inauguration of the AINA
• Lot 130142: SHALOM in Hebrew & English stamped on flattened US cent, with two Stars of David on either side;
• Lot 130143: Israeli cast art medallion on theme of Jewish Renewal, featuring a dove and image of the Old City of Jerusalem,
• Lot 130144: Israeli uniface business token for Ilan Krieger insurance agent from Bat Yam, with 6-digit phone number circa.
• Lot 130145: Israeli 2002-issued medallion issued to a donor to the Mishalot Lev (Make-a-Wish Foundation) organization,
• Lot 130146: Palestine/Yishuv(?) metal amulet stamped with Star of David symbol & rosettes, circa. 1920s; 19mm, 1.3g
• Lot 130147: Palestine: light blue on white metal Zionist pin with the Hebrew word "Zion" in center, circa. 1920s; not maker-marked;
• Lot 130148: Israel/Palestine: tallion commemorating 25th anniversary of Tel Aviv's founding, (1934); tin; no maker-mark;
• Lot 130149: Palestine: "Totzeret Ha'aretz" (Produce of the Land) pin c. 1938-39; not maker-marked; size: 9x26mm; weight: 0.4g.
• Lot 130150: Palestine: "Keren Totzeret HaYishuv" (Produce of the Yishuv Fund) pin, circa. 1936-38; not maker-marked;
• Lot 130151: Palestine/Yishuv: commemorative stick-pin of the 1934 Levant Fair in Tel Aviv; not maker-marked; size: 22 x 35mm;