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In the present catalogue, a distinct chapter is dedicated to the Dayan family, featuring personal letters, photographs, books and documents from the estate of Ruth Dayan; together, this miniature collection recounts the story of the Dayan-Schwartz family over three generation, from Moshe's father Shmuel Dayan to Ruth's and Moshe's children. Included in this collection are a number of letters written by the famous of all Dayans – Moshe Dayan, and a variety of letters and other items sent or presented to family members, such as pictures dedicated to Moshe Dayan by Nobel peace prize laureate Albert Schweitzer, a micrography by Abraham Haba and a letter of appreciation to Moshe Dayan by Yigael Yadin, who served as IDF chief of staff during the 1948 War.
The art chapter features a number of Old Master works – including a forest view by Allaert van Everdingen and "Ruins of the Brederode Castle" attributed to Jacob Isaackszoon van Ruisdael – as well as works of Israeli and Judaic art from the collection of art historian Uzi Agassi.
the catalogue also includes an extensive chapter dedicated to numismatics, with an abundance of scrips and coupons, some used by Jewish Palestinian communities in times of distress and need (World War I, the 1948 siege on Jerusalem), some issued by small businesses throughout Palestine – bakeries, groceries and various stores, many of which had gone out of business soon afterwards. The chapter also includes various coins and banknotes: Ottoman, mandatory, and Israeli banknotes and coins, and two silver amuletic medals struck in honor of the formation of the Mandatory government and the appointment of High Commissioner Herbert Samuel.
The catalogue further features a variety of choice items representing the history of Palestine and Zionism – rare books (such as Sh.Y. Agnon's first book published in Palestine and "Tsveyuntsvantsik" by Ka-Tsetnik), letters and manuscripts (by Leah Goldberg, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Uri Tzvi Grinberg and Agnon), publications and ephemera from central events in the history of Zionism (the Katowice conference protocol, autograph postcards by Leo Motzkin), travelogues and scholarly works, Bezalel art, rugs, photographs and more.
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LOT 47:
Large Collection of Photographs – WWI Palestine – Apparently from the Photo Album of a Soldier in the Jewish Legion ...
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Sold for: $1,000
Start price:
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Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 17% On commission only
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Large Collection of Photographs – WWI Palestine – Apparently from the Photo Album of a Soldier in the Jewish Legion – Soldiers at the Western Wall and on the Temple Mount, "Jewish Soldiers' House, " Encounters with Local Jews, and More
Some 300 photographs (pasted onto loose album sheets), apparently from a private photo album of one of the soldiers of the Jewish Legion. Jerusalem and additional sites in Palestine, [ca. 1918-1919; some photos possibly from other countries and/or from later years].
These photographs show soldiers in the uniform of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (RRF) in a wide variety of sites throughout Palestine, many of them with a strong Zionist or Jewish connection. One photo features a soldier wearing an epaulet adorned with the Star of David – the insignia of the Jewish Legion – standing in front of the Western Wall.
Included among the photographs: Soldiers entering the Temple Mount plaza; a number of photos of soldiers at the Western Wall; soldiers at the entrance to the Jewish Soldiers' House (established for the benefit of soldiers of the Jewish Legion with the support of the Council of Delegates and funded by James de Rothschild); wooden grave markers to fallen Jewish soldiers (including a marker over the grave of Joseph Arditti, an officer in the French Army's Legion d'Orient that took part in the conquest of Jerusalem); roll calls; tent camps; boxing matches; Zionist and other Jewish sites and buildings (including Haifa's Technion, the Bezalel School, and the Tombs of Absalom, Zechariah, and Benei Hezir); deck of SS Kaisar-i-Hind, that served in transporting British army units from 1917 to 1921; and more.
A small part of photographs most probably document the life of the soldier and his family in the postwar years, either in the US or Europe.
Approx. 300 photographs, size and condition vary. Most of the photos are grouped and pasted onto loose album sheets, approx. 26.5X18 cm. Overall fair-good condition. Stains, creases, and blemishes. Tears, including open tears, to edges of some photos. Many photos blurry or faded. Some photos detached, with remnants of glue on back. Leaves crumbling, with multiple open tears and blemishes.
