Withdrawn. Collection of Letters and Documents – Letters Hand-Signed by David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Dayan, Yigael Yadin ...

Withdrawn. Collection of Letters and Documents – Letters Hand-Signed by David Ben-Gurion, Moshe Dayan, Yigael Yadin, Mordechai Maklef and others

Withdrawn.

Approximately 400 letters, documents and paper items, belonging to Isser Pen, financial advisor to Chief of Staff and head of Supply Wing in the Ministry of Defense. Haifa, Tel-Aviv, Paris, London and other locations. Late 1940s to mid 1960s (a number of items from later years). Hebrew, some French and English.
The collection includes:
• Dozens of letters from leaders and military figures, among them: a letter signed by David Ben-Gurion, typewritten on official stationery of "State of Israel, Defense Minister Office", dated 29.2.1953; notice of appointment of Ya'akov Dori, first IDF Chief of Staff; Two notices of appointment and three letters signed by hand by Yigael Yadin, second IDF Chief of Staff; five letters hand-signed by Mordechai Maklef, third IDF Chief of Staff; two notices hand-signed by Moshe Dayan, fourth IDF Chief of Staff; as well as letters from deputy Chief of Staff Yosef Avidor, Head of Medical Corps Avraham Atzmon, Chief Communications officer Yitzchak Almog, Commander of Intelligence Binyamin Gibli, David Ben-Gurion's military adjutant Nehemia Argov, and others.
• About 20 letters and paper items from the Independence War period: two notices of appointment dated 16.4.1948, assigning Pen the task of "managing all wireless communication in the Haifa region"; two certificates of exemption from duty (different from each other), awarded to Penn in May-June, 1948. One ink-stamped with the "Haganah Haifa Headquarters" stamp and the other ink-stamped with the "Va'adat HaMatzav" stamp; "Urgent" letter, dated 24.11.1948, sent to Penn on behalf of Moshe Carmel, commander of north front. Appointment as investigation committee member to "investigate the horrible actions executed during Operation Hiram", and more.
• Dozens of letters and documents documenting Penn's role in acquisition operations in the 1950s, among them eight letters from Shimon Peres (then Director General of Ministry of Defense).
• Other items.
Size and condition vary. Good-fair overall condition.