b'222 (AMERICANA). Service on the Day of Atonement by the Israelite Soldiers of the German Army before Metz 1870. Colored lithograph. Text in German, English and Hebrew. 27 x 22 inches. Tears at upper left corner. Unexamined out of frame. New York, H. Schile, 1871. $2000 - $3000ThislithographdepictstheKolNidreservice performed on Yom Kippur 1870, for Jewish soldiers in the Prussian army stationed near Metz (Alsace) during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71.The Germans had occupied Metz by August of 1870, however were unable to capture the towns formidable fortress, where the remaining French troops had sought refuge. During the siege, Yom Kippur was marked while hostilities still continued, as depicted in the lithograph.It seems surprising that such an image would appeal toAmericanJews,aneventbothgeographically and politically distant. Perhaps it was an attempt to gain their sympathy. The lithograph is unknown to Singerman, who equally fails to record any of the publishers other productions. A similar image was produced on linen, see Catalogue of the Jewish Museum (London), p. 135, no. 664. THIS IS A RARE VARIANTof a more common lithograph (see Kestenbaum Sale 72, lot 11). The version here has a richer color palette and the caption title replaces the word Prussian with German Army. The copyright information is also different.223 (AMERICANA). The Russian-Turkeyish [sic] War Pllwna. Colored Lithograph. Text in Yiddish and English. Copyrigth [sic!] by Prof. J.S. Kolbe, NY. 21 x 27 inches (image size). Closely shaved, old tape stains along margins, crudely laid down. New York, J. Richman, 1877. $2000 - $3000 The Russians suffered their first serious reverse at Plevna (Northern Bulgaria) in the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. The purpose of this image was likely Russian propaganda, an attempt to gain the sympathy of American Jewry, as the Turks were said to be recruiting for their army in New York. Furthermore, the pro-Turkish press had publicized atrocities committed by the Russian army against the Jewish civilian population. SeeTheJewishHeritageinAmericanFolkArt (1984) p.61; and A. Rubens, A Jewish Iconography, Supplementary Volume (1982) Addendum 7-8, no. 2194a color plates 72-73.224 NO LOT. You Saved Them in 1917, Will You Let Them Starve Now? Designed by Cozzy Gottsdanker for the American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War. 12 x 18 inches. Linen-backed. New York, 1918, Issued by the American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War. $1200 - $1800 Seeking to aid the impoverished Jews of Palestine and Eastern Europe following World War I, American Jewish relief groups united to create the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (commonly known as The Joint.)112'