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Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30691 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $75 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine/Yishuv: named pin of the WIZO "Institution for Mother and Child Care" in Tel-Aviv, circa. 1920s'-30s; not maker-marked; size: 27.75mm;
weight: 5.05. Engraved on the back the name "Irena Hichsher". The Institution was founded in 1927, but was ill-starred in the scandal of the abducted children
of Yemenite immigrants (1948-54) when it turned out that the institute served as a covert adoption facility for those children.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30692 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $75 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine/Yishuv: member's pin of the WIZO "School for Nannys" of the "Institution for Mother and Child Care" in Tel-Aviv, circa. 1920s'-30s; not maker-
marked; size: 32.5mm; weight: 10.2g. Both the school and the Institution were founded in 1927.

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30693 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $75 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine/Yishuv: member's pin of the WIZO "Babies Home" in Jerusalem, circa. 1920s'-30s; not maker-marked; size: 39mm; weight: 6.75g. The home
was founded in 1924 to receive abandoned babies.

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30694 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $60 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Palestine/Yishuv(?): metal and paint "Red Star of David" ('Magen David Adom') first-aid society badge with safety-pin back, circa. 1930's-40's; not
maker-marked; size: 18 x 21mm; weight: 2.1g. The 'Magen David Adom' was established in the US as a Jewish counterpart to the Red Cross; the organization
was established in Palestine in 1930 - hence the possible dating of this pin.

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