Auction 016
Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
By Kedem
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Aug 14, 2018
8 Ramban St, Jerusalem., Israel
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LOT 42:
Photograph Album – Military Police – Independence War
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Sold for: $100
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100
Buyer's Premium: 25%
VAT: 17%
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Photograph Album – Military Police – Independence War
About 50 photographs arranged in an album, documenting the operations of the Military Police during the War of Independence. Different locations in Palestine, ca. late 1940s.
The hotographs show: convoys of military police vehicles in the Negev; tent camps; policemen installing an improvised sign at the intersection between Beersheba, Kibutz Ze'elim and Kibutz Gevulot; visit to the Roaring Lion monument in Tel-Hai; policemen playing in the snow (in Jerusalem?); three photographs of the Eighth Division (Armored Corps Division in the Independence War); Division Commander Yitzchak Sade with his subordinates and two photographs of armoured vehicles presented in formation; and more.
A number of photographs are titled by hand on the back. Some of the photographs might be of a later period.
Average size: approx. 9.5X6.5 cm. Condition varies. Good-fair overall condition.
