Auction 018 Online Auction – Jewish and Israeli History, Art and Culture
Jan 23, 2019 (Your local time)
Israel
 8 Ramban St, Jerusalem.
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LOT 746:

Collection of Pins – Zionist Congresses / Herzl

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Sold for: $550
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Collection of pins, most of them produced for various Zionist Congresses.
Among the items: • Pins from the World Zionist Congress (the 10th, 11th, 14th, and 20th– 29th). Some are duplicates. • Three pins bearing an image of Herzl, apparently for the 16th Zionist Congress in 1929. • A pin for the "honor guard bringing Herzl’s coffin to Israel" with the caption (in Hebrew): "You shall bring up my bones from there" (Genesis 50:25). • A medallion marking the convention of the Zionist Organization of America in 1924, hung on a cloth ribbon in the colors of the American flag, with a blue-and-white ribbon affixed to it, reading: "27th annual convention, Zionist Orgzn. of America", and more.
33 items in all. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: Morton Leventhal Collection, New York.

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