Gur, General Mordechai (“Motta”). Autograph manuscript, with notations in Hebrew, blue pen on ruled paper. Plan of the assault and capture of the Old City of Jerusalem on 7th June, 1967 as led by Gen. Gur.

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $1,500

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(JERUSALEM)

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Provenance: Tuvia Preschel, New York-Jerusalem

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A free-hand sketch produced during the course of an extensive newspaper interview between Preschel and Gur, upon the General’s posting to New York as the State of Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations. See Hadoar, 11th August 1967; American Jewish Times, 4th November, 1994; Jewish Press, 28th July 1995.

Later punch-holes at margin, upper left corner stained, central fold. Two pages, 4to

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Gur, General Mordechai (“Motta”). Autograph manuscript, with notations in Hebrew, blue pen on ruled paper. Plan of the assault and capture of the Old City of Jerusalem on 7th June, 1967 as led by Gen. Gur.

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