Album of the Heroes-Hebrews Fallen in the Wars 1912-1918 for Bulgaria.

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 57

(BULGARIA)

Album of the Heroes-Hebrews Fallen in the Wars 1912-1918 for Bulgaria.

Illustrated throughout with portraits of the fallen Jewish soldiers and with three original color plates. Text in Bulgarian with some Ladino and Hebrew. Original printed wrappers, lightly frayed. 4to

n.p: n.d

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

Remarkably poignant printed photo album, which assembles portraits of 400 Jewish soldiers killed fighting for Bulgaria against the Ottomans in the First Balkan War (1912, successful) and Second Balkan War (1913, disastrous) and then with the Ottomans in the First World War (1914-18, catastrophic). Produced by the General Association of Invalids, Widows, Orphans, and Parents of the Fallen in the War in Bulgaria, this memorial book was sold to benefit the bereaved.