Auction 05 Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Dec 14, 2016 (Your local time)
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 37 King George st. Jerusalem
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LOT 157:

Jewish Soldiers in the Australian Army – Australia – 1923-1943 – Passover Haggadah

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Two brochures issued for Jewish soldiers who served in the Australian Army during World War I and World War II
*Australian Jewry Book of Honour, the Great War, edited by Harold Boas. Printed by Lamson Paragon, Australia. English. 88 pages. The brochure lists Jewish soldiers in the Australian Army during World War I, the battles in which they participated and the decorations with which they were decorated.
* Haggadah, Home Service for the First Two Nights of Passover. Published by Australian Army Chaplain's Department, 1943, Melbourne. Service Edition for Australian Sailors, Soldiers and Airmen. English and Hebrew, 34 pp. Haggadah with translation into English. An ornate frame drawn by E.M. Lilien to inner side of frint cover; in the center an inscription: "Passover Haggadah for Jewish Soldiers in Australia 1943". Facing the title page – a map of the Exodus from Egypt.
Size and condition vary. Tears to cover of first brochure, some damp staining. Good overall condition.

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