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Auction 36 · Lot 201
(World War One).
- Estimate
- $300–$500
- Hammer price
- Not recorded
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
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Description
Prayer books issued for Jewish Military Service-Men during World War One:
* Feldgebetbuch für die jüdischen Mannschaften des Heeres. Berlin, 1914.
* Henriques, B.L.Q. Prayers for Trench and Base. London, 1918.
* Abridged Prayer Book for Jews in the Army and Navy of the United States. (Includes Passover Hagadah). Philadelphia, 1918
summary
Jewish prayer books issued for Jews serving in the German, British and American armed forces, drives home the historical irony wherein Jew would bear arms against fellow-Jew during the course of The Great War of 1914-1918
Original bindings, first worn. 12mo
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