Auction 019
Online Auction 19 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jun 4, 2019
(Your local time)
Israel
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 391:
Large Collection of Pins and Badges – Units of the British Army, the Mandate Police and More
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Sold for: $320
Start price:
$
200
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
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21 pins and badges – the armies of England, Ireland and Australia, the Mandate Police, and more.
Among them: * Cap badge of the Royal Fusiliers. * Cap badge of the ATS (Women's Auxiliary Corps). * Pin of the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry. * Two identical pins of the Royal Irish Fusiliers (both of them missing a decoration in their center). * the Rising Sun Badge of the Australian Army, with the legend "Palestine Police / 1918-1948". * Two cap badges, cloth badge and three buttons of the Palestine Police. * Cap badge of the guards, with the legend "Supernumerary / Palestine Police". * Cloth badge of the Palestine Police Old Comrades Association. * Pin of the "Union of Jewish Policemen Formerly in Israel" (Hebrew).
Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Morton Leventhal Collection, New-York
