Painted off-white. Prominent central Star-of-David. Yiddish text proclaiming support of Eretz Israel and the Jewish Legion military force. H: 315 mm, W: 233 mm.
AUCTION 2 |
Tuesday, June 03rd,
1997 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art Including Property from a Dutch Private Collector and the Late T. Nachum Gidal
Lot 45
LARGE AMERICAN WOODEN CHARITY BOX.
Painted off-white. Prominent central Star-of-David. Yiddish text proclaiming support of Eretz Israel and the Jewish Legion military force. H: 315 mm, W: 233 mm.
New York, 1918
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,000
The Jewish Legion was a military formation of Jewish volunteers in World War I who fought in the British Army for the liberation of Eretz Israel from Turkish rule. This exceptional charity-box dates from a time following the publication of the Balfour Declaration when American volunteers began enlisting in the Legion in earnest. In February, 1918, the first group of 150 volunteers left New York for military training. See EJ, X cols. 69-76.