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Israel: Palmach emblem breast badge, c. 1948-1949; not maker-marked (Yitzhak Meir's design based on Shoshana Spector's original); size: 1.25 x 2.05cm; weight: 1.05g. Safety-pin reverse. Issued to everyone who was a Palmach member prior to 29 November 1947 during a Palmach assembly at the 'HaBima' theater commemorating the force's 7th anniversary, on 7 May 1948. Worn on the left pocket flap & replaced 1951 by War of...

Israel: unit pin of 4th Battalion of "Har'el Brigade" of Palmach, circa. 1948-49; not maker-marked; weight: 3.35g. Design based on Palmach's emblem by Shoshana Spector (sword across two ears of wheat w/name); it incorporates the 4th Battalion's name with word "Portzim" ("penetrators" /"breachers") in Heb. on the sword itself. The 4th 'Portzim' Battalion together with the 5th 'Shaar Ha'Gai' and 6th 'Jerusalem' battalions...

Nascent Israeli Army training manual "The Rifle" 1942 3rd edition reprinted June 1948. Booklet is of standard p/b type from 1948 by "Training Division of the High Command"; this is booklet 3, vol. A of series "Light Weapons Training": cover dated 14 May 1948 (Israel's independence date, before est. IDF) though printing time given as June 1948 (after est. IDF). Thick paper cover w/64 pages & many illustrations. David ('...

Palestine Regiment momento booklet: titled "From the 'Buffs' Companies - to the Hebrew [Jewish] Battalions # Journal of Company 2 - First Hebrew Battalion, Eretz Israel [Palestine] Regiment # 19 of the month of Tevet 5703 # 27.12.42 # Booklet 4 Dedicated to Two Years of the Hebrew Comp- anies of the [British] Infantry Corps"; cover illust. w/title "Infantry Corps" appears 'Nachum Guttman'; issue 4, 27 Dec. 1942, 56 pp;...

Palestine/Israel: numbered decoration of Irgun/Etzel, circa. late 1940s-early 1950's; not maker-marked; size: 25.50x12.50mm; weight: 4.25g. Single curved rectangular metal piece w/2 colored stripes, blue & white, on coarse surface, w/Etzel's emblem in circle in center. Rev.: stamped number (1523) & screw. Un- documented: some say issued to members in Jewish Brigade, but serial numbers higher than Brigade's size....

Palestine/Israel: second version blue colored emblem pin of the [Tel Aviv] 'Mishmar Ezrachi' ('Civil Guard') circa. mid-late 1940s; not maker-marked; weight: 3g. The second design removed all reference to TLV, which established this force, and would date to period where it was subordinated to the 'Haganah'. During this time, the Guard was tasked mostly with civil air-defence work. Being un-uniformed, this badge was worn on...

Palestine/Yishuv (Britain): metal shoulder tag of "Palestine Buffs", of Royal East Kent Regiment, c. 1940-1942; not maker-marked; size: 55mm wide; weight: 6.2g. The "Palestine Buffs" companies were among the earliest all-Jewish forces from Palestine, serving in Northern France (1940), the Greek campaign (1941), & North Africa (1942) before becoming part of the Palestine Regiment in Aug. 1942, at which time the companies...

Palestine/Yishuv: first version light-green emblem pin of the Tel Aviv 'Mishmar Ezrachi' ('Civil Guard') circa. 1938-early 1940s; not maker-marked; weight: 2.1g. The design is a stylized combination of the Municipality's emblem (of a lighthouse on a shield) and a Star of David: above is the name "Tel Aviv" and below the initials "ME". A civilian volunteer force established by the TLV municipality, this pin was worn on...

Palestine/Yishuv: Hat badge of the 1st Judean Battalion in brass, 1920; not maker-marked; size: 3.55 x 5.05cm; weight: 9.35g. This is the design with the flat-sided base of the 'Menorah' (candelabra); and the upper half of it, with the branches, is also flat (normally this section is more curved) - as the weights and sizes of these badges vary, this may be a variation in the die used. Bears the Hebrew word "Kadima" ('forward...

Palestine/Yishuv: Irgun training manual "Book of the Gun (Summary)" ['Sefer HaEkdakh'], ND, circa. 1944-48. Rudimentary 92-page mimeographed manual with thick paper covers. Based on the seminal (and rare) 1936 work by David Raziel & Avraham Stern, "The Gun" - training manual that brought Heb.-lang. military preparedness into hands of the rank & file members of Irgun - & into the hands of the...

Palestine/Yishuv: silvered-bronze emblem pin of WWII civilian air-defence service 'Haga' ('Hagana Avirit' - air defence); not maker-marked; size: circa. 21 x 27mm; weight: 4.9g. Design features shield w/3 downward facing bombs, set against Star of David & enclosed by wreaths on either size; above on flag device is legend "For the Volunteers from Among the Nation" ("LaMitnadvim Ba'Am" - a common Hebrew expression in both...