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Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30817 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $35 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Haganah veteran's pin from the Jerusalem unit, circa. 1950's; not maker-marked; weight: 3.1g. A single-piece construction incorporating the emblem of the
Jerusalemite force of the Hagana, with crenelated battlements of the Old City wall; safety-pin back. The Haganah was organized on a geographic basis, so its veteran's
organization is similarly structured around the locales where Hagana units were raised. Each veterans unit designed its own pin.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30818 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $30 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Israel: pin of the 1st Conference of the organization of [former] members of the Hagana, held in Tel Aviv, month of Sivan [June], 1951; weight: 6.3g.

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30819 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $60 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Irgun/Etzel member's badge with safety-pin back, circa. 1940's; size: 18.5 x 20mm; weight: 2.05g. The design is of the Irgun's emblem set again the
crenalated battlements of the Old City of Jerusalem (here miscut from the design), with the organization's motto "only thus" in the exergue.

Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30820 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $40 : יתלחתה ריחמ

Pin of the Assembly of [former] soldiers of the Etzel (Irgun), 1956, with emblem of the organization surrounded by olive wreath; size: 17x20mm;
weight: 0.95g. Unusually the organization's name is spelled as 3 initials with abbreviation dots between them - not in the usual Hebrew manner of cojoining
the first 2 letters and using a double apostrophe between the 2nd and 3rd letters.

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