Bidspirit auction | BEN-GURION, DAVID (First Prime Minister

BEN-GURION, DAVID (First Prime Minister of the State of Israel, 1886-1973). Typed Letter Signed, in Hebrew, on letterhead of the Minister of Defense, written to Moshe Sar-Shalom, a soldier wounded in the 1948 War of Independence. With: Original envelope. Single page. Framed. Jerusalem: 22nd May 1949 In this letter, Ben-Gurion thanks the soldier for giving “more than most soldiers - a part of your own body.” Ben-Gurion notes that the government obligates itself to ensure work training, housing and related rights to be awarded to those soldiers who fought in such historic battles. In this letter, Ben-Gurion thanks the soldier for giving “more than most soldiers - a part of your own body.” Ben-Gurion notes that the government obligates itself to ensure work training, housing and related rights to be awarded to those soldiers who fought in such historic battles.