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Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30857 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $50 : יתלחתה ריחמ
Early IDF air defence pin in gold finish, circa. early 1950's; size: 11x29mm; weight: 1.2g. Design based on that of the pre-State "Haga" service run by
the Yishuv, here set against the emblem of the IDF.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30858 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $40 : יתלחתה ריחמ
Tunic pin of the IDF Orchestra with screw-back, circa. 1950's-60's; size: 16 x 22.5mm; weight: 2.4g. Emblem depicts David's Lyre with two olive
branches and Hebrew legend "Tizmoret Tzahal".
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30859 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $30 : יתלחתה ריחמ
Tunic pin of the IAF's "Unit 180" computing and information systems unit, subordinated to the elite "Mamram" (the IDF's central computing system
unit), circa. 1970's; size: 19x19.5mm; weight 1.55g. This unit was established with the Mamram in 1959, and together with the IAF's engineering computer
systems unit formed the Air Force's "Ofek" technological unit in 2005.
Lot #/Los-Nr.: a30860 :רפסמ טול Open.Bid/Anf.Geb. : $30 : יתלחתה ריחמ
Tunic pin of the IAF's 107th "Knights of the Orange Tail" Squadron, circa. 1980's; size: 30.5x15mm; weight: 1.55g. The unit was originally formed in
1953 to operate Spitfire aircraft; disbanded in 1956 it was reformed and disbanded a few more times in the 1960's until reformed permanently in 1971 under
the command of the famed pilot, Yiftach Spector.
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