Auction 019
Online Auction 19 – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
By Kedem
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Jun 4, 2019
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 393:
Collection of Revisionist Pins and Badges
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Sold for: $1,000
Start price:
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600
Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 17%
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Collection of Revisionist Pins and Badges
24 pins and badges of Revisionist organizations, including the Revisionist Zionists (Hatzohar), Beitar, Irgun, Lehi and Cherut. Europe and Palestine, [ca. 1930s until the late 1940s (some later items)].
The collection includes pins and badges of the Revisionist Zionists (Hatzohar), Beitar, Irgun, Lehi and the Cherut Movement, in addition to pins and badges bearing the portrait of Ze'ev Jabotinsky. Among them: * A pin of the First Worldwide Conference of Beitar, 1931. * An enamel pin for the members of the Revisionist Zionists, 1932. * An enamel pin from the second Worldwide Conference of Beitar, 1935. * An enamel cuff link bearing the Hebrew legend "Jabotinsky Antwerp". * An enamel pin that was given to the members who had taken "the oath of Beitar", [mid- 1930s]. * Pin of the Revisionist Zionists of Poland, 1934. * Pin of Beitar, 1937. * Pin shaped as the portrait of Jabotinsky. * Pin with the emblem of the Irgun and the Hebrew slogan "Only Thus" and more.
1.5 to 4.5 cm. Condition varies. The needles are missing from some of the pins. Bends. Minor blemishes.
Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.
