Bidspirit auction | Collection of Photographs – Soldiers

Collection of Photographs – Soldiers in the British Army, the Haganah, the Palmach, and the IDF / Israel's War of independence - Collection of photographs documenting Jewish soldiers enlisted in the British army, the Haganah, the Palmach, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) at the time of Israel's War of Independence, [most photos from Palestine/Israel, ca. 1947-48; several earlier photos]. • Nineteen photographs depicting soldiers who volunteered for service in the British army, as well as soldiers in the incipient Israel Defense Forces (IDF), including a number of senior IDF officers such as Yaakov Dori, Yigael Yadin, and others. Three photos marked with the inked stamps of the photographers: ”W. Herz, ” (Jerusalem); the IDF's ”Map and Photograph Service”; and Kurt Triest. Average size: 11.5X17 cm. Condition varies. • Album comprising some 110 photographs of a soldier who first served in the British armed forces, and then fought for the newborn State of Israel in the War of Independence on the Southern (Negev) front; photographs from Nirim, Halutza, Beersheba, Abu Ageila, and other locations. Average size: 8X6 cm. Condition varies. Provenance: The Rimon Family Collection.