DECORATED WARTIME BRASS SHELL-CASE VASE.

1942

Cylinder with organic stylized decoration including a tulip - Holland’s national flower surrounding the flag of the Jewish Brigade with Star-of-David on central white stripe and below: “Souvenir of Holland, World War II.” Also bears five-sided star (US Army?) within open wreath. Height: 11.5 inches.

The Jewish Infantry Brigade Group (more commonly known as the Jewish Brigade) was a military formation of the British Army that served in Europe during the Second World War. The brigade was formed in late 1944 and its personnel fought the Germans in Italy and then advanced onto Belgium and Holland. The British disbanded the Jewish Brigade in the summer of 1946, but not before many had clandestinely assisted Holocaust survivors to illegally emigrate to Palestine.