Metal key with Star of David-handle with applied silver plaques. Engraved: “Presented at the Official Opening of the Jewish Convalescent Home, Bad Harzburg, January 26th, 1947 - 117 Jewish Relief Unit, B.A.O.R.” 1.25 x 5 inches.
AUCTION 59 |
Thursday, June 20th,
2013 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Ceremonial Objects and Works of Art
Lot 150
POST-HOLOCAUST ERA PRESENTATION KEY.
Metal key with Star of David-handle with applied silver plaques. Engraved: “Presented at the Official Opening of the Jewish Convalescent Home, Bad Harzburg, January 26th, 1947 - 117 Jewish Relief Unit, B.A.O.R.” 1.25 x 5 inches.
1947
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,250
The Jewish Relief Unit (the British equivalent of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee) was formally under the command of the British Armed Forces in Germany and Unit 117 was overseen by the British Army of the Rhine (B.A.O.R). For details regarding the Jewish Convalescent Home in Bad Harzburg see H. Lavsky, New Beginnings: Holocaust Survivors in Bergen-Belsen and the British Zone in Germany (2004) p. 97.