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19190008194DAMASCUS PRE SYRIA POST OTTOMAN EMPIRE. Fair. 1919. On offer is a powerful poignant letter written by an early Zionist and volunteer of the Jewish Legion in Damascus immediately after the end of WW1. The letter contains 2 double-sided sheets measuring 9' x 5.8' and an envelope measuring 5.9' x 4.9'. The envelope has no inscriptions or stamps except a round sticker with bookseller's name - "Coles" the sheets are yellowed and torn in half at folds but it does not affect the text which is perfectly legible. The letter is written in Hebrew addressed to Shimon and signed by Shlomo Solomon. It seems from the context that they are very close friends. The first page bears the date and place: Damascus August 20 1919. It is also clear that the author was a Dutch Jew who had lived in Eretz Israel for some time before joining the military. Based on the date when he joined the army summer 1918 and other context it can be said with high level of certainty that he was a member of the Jewish Legion. The Jewish Legion was the name of 39th through 42nd Battalions of the Royal Fusiliers in the British Army that were formed of Jewish volunteers. The formation of a Jewish Regiment was initiative of Zeev Jabotinsky and Joseph Trumpeldor promoted by John Henry Patterson. Among its members were also David Ben-Gurion Dov Hoz Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Yakov Drori Levi Eshkol and other famous Zionist leaders many later became members of Haganah and laid the foundation of the Israel Defence Army. The initial unit Zion Mule Corps was formed in 1914 - 1915 in August 1917 formation of a Jewish regiment was officially announced in spring and summer 1918 volunteers from Palestine joined 39th and 40th Battalions and started service. That's exactly when the author volunteered: "My Dear Shimon some time ago I received your last letter probably the first one that you wrote to me in Hebrew and now I have a little more time and will answer to you when I am calm also in Hebrew - now I have been a soldier for over a year but what we hoped for when we volunteered for the Army was not realized.". There is something deeply moving in this letter full of thoughts about the future of Israel: "Until there is Jewish Army in the full sense of the word probably a long time must pass. This moment has not come yet. Unfortunately that's what we feel deep in our hearts. But anyway these times have been times of very important and interesting experiments and in this sense this time --- has not been lost" p.1; ".it is not possible yet to breathe freely much is still missing we can only hope that soon . the way out of the darkness the uncertainty where we are now will become clear that it will be possible to start large great fruitful work the giant work requiring all our spiritual and physical efforts without a second thought of each and each of us . to achieve our supreme goal our people living in the Land of Israel - happy people in fertile land" p.2. He has acute interest in current affairs of the Zionist movement writing about the convention of the Va'ad HaPoel HaZioni The Action Committee that was convening in London in the last week of August. The purpose of the congress was to work out principles of the Zionist movement in the era after the WW1 and the Balfour Declaration: ".Only when all great difficulties will be defeated when the situation is settled. This is our heart hope! . the convention that will be now in London will contribute to clearing up the situation. Is this convention a sort of a congress of representatives from all countries also from Germany and Austria Otherwise it is not a general convention and it will not have any authority to make declarations in the name of all Zionism". He is particularly interested in developments in Zionist movement in Holland mentioning names of some noted Dutch Zionists. He writes about his mood and frustrations from the army service and mentions his family: "I want for once to live like a human being because life in the army is not life at the end. ---. I have been sent to work at different army offices and now I am in Damascus. It is interesting to see some of the world this way but that is not what I have volunteered to the Hebrew army for. But what to do ----. And I do not think that I will be able to get back to life until the next summer. I also wanted to go and see the mother and everyone and breathe a little different air after a while." He asks Shimon about his plans to come: "What do you think about coming to Israel And what do they think about your preparations . I have not seen any Dutch that came to Israel so far. Neither De Haan nor Van Friesland nor . I hope now to be near Jaffa and Jerusalem. What about the other that you wrote would come here". De Haan was a Dutch Jewish writer and journalist who became interested in Judaism and Zionism he actually moved to Israel the same year later became close with Orthodox community and get into conflict with secular Zionists 5 years later he was killed by Haganah members for his anti-Zionist activity. In the letter Shlomo also asks about his letters published by Handelsblad the most important daily newspaper in Holland. This letter is an amazing historical document reflecting aspirations and frustrations of early Zionists and their mood and concerns in the wake of the First World War and Balfour Declaration.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; EARLY 20TH CENTURY; 1910S; WW1; FIRST WORLD WAR; GREAT WAR; MANDATORY PALESTINE; SYRIA; DAMASCUS; OCCUPIED ENEMY TERRITORY ADMINISTRATION ARAB KINGDOM OF SYRIA FRENCH MANDATE STATE OF ALEPPO STATE OF DAMASCUS STATE OF SYRIA ALAWITE STATE JABAL AL-DRUZE JEWS IN THE BRITISH ARMY; JEWISH VOLUNTEERS IN THE WW1; ZIONISM; EARLY ZIONISTS; ROYAL FUSILIERS; JEWS AND THE MILITARY; WARS; ERETZ ISRAEL; YISHUV; OCCUPIED ENEMY TERRITORY ADMINISTRATION OETA; OETA SOUTH; BATTALIONS 39TH- 42ND OF THE ROYAL FUSILIERS; JEWISH REGIMENT IN THE BRITISH ARMY IN WW1; PALESTINIAN JEWS; IDEOLOGY OF ZIONISM; FIRST JUDEANS; THE ACTIONS COMMITTEE; VA'AD HAPOEL HAZIONI 1919 CONGRESS; DUTCH JEWRY AND ZIONISM; JACOB ISRAEL DE HAAN; ZIONIST MOVEMENT AFTER WW1; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
19250090840Paris: Societe de la Legion D'honneur / L. Fournier 1925. First printing. Paperback. Very good. Stapled wraps clean unmarked text very good copy some soiling and discoloration to the book's covers light edgewear to the book's covers. Text in French. Societe de la Legion D'honneur / L. Fournier paperback
1936142062Spain & northern Europe: 1936-41. Auf-zum! so ging es tagtäglich" "Off we go! That's how it went every day" An exceptional and unusually complete archive documenting the career of Leutnant Konrad Ellermann a decorated airman who served with the Condor Legion in Spain and later in flying-boat operations on the Eismeer Front. Centred on two meticulously compiled photograph albums and augmented by scarce supporting documents it offers a rare coherent visual record of theatres where comprehensive personal archives seldom survive. The first album charts his Condor Legion service beginning with 43 tourist views of Spain and 25 informal images of squadron life followed by sequences showing Heinkel 59 flying boats in preparation and in flight with aerial views of enemy positions and bomb damage. Ellermann dedicates a page to comrades killed in March 1938 almost certainly the crew of the HE 59 downed near Cambrils and records their funerals and repatriation. Additional images include Condor Legion fighters He 51 He 112 Bf 109 long-range raids from Portbou to Oropesa and bombed railway lines. A section headed "Einiges von den Taten!" depicts two merchant vessels sunk by his unit - the British SS Jean Weems and the Danish SS Edith - alongside further action shots. The album closes with off-duty scenes and high-quality aerial photographs of Pollença Tangier and Portbou. The second album covers northern service. It opens with trials of the Dornier Do 26 flying boat in late 1938 with fine airborne views images of the second prototype and photographs of Dornier staff at work. Other aircraft represented include the Blohm & Voss Ha 139 the Latécoère 521 and the Dornier Do 18. Around 20 aerial views of Norway follow including encounters with He 111s and Ellermann's aircraft moored in Rombaken fjord culminating in a medal ceremony featuring Oberleutnant Karl Otto Max Barth. A final section documents his posting with Flussklärungsfliegerstaffel 1/125 in Finland with portraits of his Heinkel HD 114 scenes in Helsinki and Turku maintenance shots and a concluding portrait of Ellermann. Born in Geisingen in 1915 Ellermann began as a funkmeister before becoming an observer in 1938. He received the Iron Cross First and Second Class the Narvikschild the Frontflugspange für Kampfflieger in gold and silver the Luftwaffe Honour Cup and the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold. His service included AS-88 in Spain 1937-38 Sonderstaffel Tr. O 1939-41 Küstenflieger-Staffel 1/406 in Norway 1942-43 and Seeaufklärungsgruppe 131 1943-45. His surviving logbook records 484 flights between October 1937 and March 1944 378 of them operational including 62 Condor Legion sorties on ships and towns such as Barcelona Sagunto and Alicante. Later missions encompassed reconnaissance and anti-submarine patrols over the North Sea and Norwegian coast one section countersigned by Captain Martin Harlinghausen later the Luftwaffe's leading ship-killer of the Second World War. 4 items. Album 1: 245 x 320 mm original pale red and white rough-weave cloth punch holes at spine golden brown fastening cord bookseller's ticket of Otto Memmert Kiel; 222 original photographs on 24 black card leaves mainly deckle-edged snapshot images most 60 x 90 mm some larger up to 110 x 170 mm manuscript "title page" in coloured chalks with crossed Spanish and Nazi flags. Album 2: 250 x 330 mm original dark red faux leather punch holes to spine white coated-wire fastening tape bookseller's ticket of Bohrer & Co Kiel; 171 original photographs 50 x 60 mm to 240 x 180 mm on 24 tan card leaves glassine guards; manuscript "title page" with illustration of Nazi eagle above legend; 2 divisional pages first with watercolour drawing of unit insignia ram's skull above title; second with watercolour drawing of unit insignia penguin wearing clogs and flying over sea above title. Soldbuch: 28 pp 145 x 100 mm original blue card printed wrappers Ellerman's photograph mounted on inside front cover punch holes with metal eyelets to front cover. Log book: 100 x 155 mm pp. 114. Original marbled sides green cloth spine paper label on front cover. Album 1 in very good condition; Album 2 with a little wear to binding shallow indentations to covers leaf loose; Soldbuch: general signs of handling paper sometime taped around spine; Log book with some loss of marbled paper from front cover a little finger soiling. A well-preserved group. Sebastian Cox & Peter Gray eds Air Power History: Turning Points from Kitty Hawk to Kosovo 2002. hardcover
1333072759.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
0243488491.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
75-9968San Francisco CA: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco California Palace of the Legion of Honor 1979. 8vo. Very good. Soft Cover. 50 pp B & W plates. San Francisco, CA: The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1979 paperback
2020012427Virginia Beach VA: PCI 2020 PCI Virginia Beach VA. 2020. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight square and unmarked. Book Condition: Near Fine; light surface scratches to boards. No DJ. Pictorial laminate boards and spine with bright yellow lettering on the spine and front board. 240 pp 129 Biography 111 Alphabetical 4to. This Then and Now book gives a look at a cross section of the Department of Kansas American Legion membership both in a bibliographic column and with an alphabetical section of members. A clean very presentable copy. PCI hardcover
69-4916Lexington Kentucky: American Legion Magazine 1967. 4to. Staplebound Wraps. 57 pp. Color Plates. Very GoodFrom the collection of the late Frederick G Ruffner Jr founder of Gale Research Detroit. Lexington, Kentucky: American Legion Magazine, 1967 paperback
16513The American Legion. 2017. Hardback. Very good. No dust wrapper. 8.5 x 11 inches short biographies of Washington State members with pictures. There's also a 74 page alphabetical listing. The American Legion hardcover
1945006753Washington D.C.: The American Legion 1945. Handbook for Post Service and Employment Officers Containing Post Service Officers' Manual Post Employment Officers' Manual Program for Veterans' Employment Program for Maximum Employment. Revised to May 1945. Related ephemera included is letter from M. L. Lyckholm The American Legion Department of Colorado to Post Assistant Service Officers in Colorado which accompanied each copy of the revised manual. Blue leather covers with gilt lettering on front pages are bound by pins. Cover corners and edges are creased worn with some tears. Cover faces and spine are worn spine ends are bent and torn. Water damage and stain along bottom of most interior pages particularly to back pages. Text is easily legible. Book in Good condition. Scarce. Leather. Good. Size: Approx. 6 1/4" x 9 1/4". Post Office. The American Legion Hardcover
1955334741n.p.: American Legion 1955. 39p. staplebound booklet 8.5x11 inches covers toned around edges penciled note at top states "Claims the Society is left-wing" otherwise very good. Lists the leftist connections and sympathies of various leaders in the Society. American Legion unknown
2020025918Sanger California: The American Legion Department of California 2020. New and unread. Just a touch of mild shelfwear to the cover like you sometimes find in any new book store. Corners are NOT bumped. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a remainder. Pages are fresh crisp clean and unmarked - obviously never read. NO underlining. NO highlighting. NO margin notes. Laid -in is promotional material that states in part: "Your directory is designed to help you reconnect and reach out to those who share your memories." Illustrated with hundreds of full color photos of members. The second part of the book is a 377 page alphabetical listing with brief biographical info/service records of members and their email addresses. Bound in the original pictorial laminated boards stamped in blue and yellow gold. Oversize Hardcover. 8.75" wide by 11.25" tall. This large very heavy book will require extra postage for Priority and International shipments but only the standard charge for media mail. . First Edition. Oversize Hardcover. New/No dust jacket as issued. xx 646pp. 377pp alphabetical listing. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. The American Legion, Department of California Hardcover
100-08128The American Legion. Paperback. Good. Good condition with wear and markings. The American Legion paperback
67435Good Used Condition. unknown
196226813San Francisco CA: Patrons of Art & Music At the California Palace of the Legion of Honor. As New. 1962. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - -- with a bonus offer-- . Patrons of Art & Music At the California Palace of the Legion of Honor paperback
69-1899San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco Palace of the Legion of Honor 1983. 8vo. circa 8 pp. 8-page Accordion Fold-out Pamphlet. Very Good Color Plates. From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz 1919-2019. San Francisco: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1983. unknown
1974178515Regina SK: The Legion of Frontiersmen Canadian Division 1974. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 300pp covers numerous b/w illustrations. No author or publication date stated. The reproduction is photocopy quality but this copy has been hard-cover bound in yellow cloth/boards with a gilt spine title. The covers show light soiling otherwise a nice copy of a scarce publication. Due to the size/weight of this book an extra shipping charge may apply. <br/> <br/> The Legion of Frontiersmen (Canadian Division) hardcover
1953000235Dublin: Concilium Legionis Mary 1953. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 6 347 p.p. plus 1 p.p. ads. 2 leaves of photographs. Pictorial cover. Light rubbing to boards yellowing to cover. Bumped edges top corners of pages. Yellowing to pages foxing on fore-edge. Legio Mariae with the order's symbol on spine. In good condition. Concilium Legionis Mary hardcover
15-5343San Francisco CA.: The Little Theater 1971. 8vo. Twice Folded Printed Page Very Good with minor creasing. Illustrated. Printed on fine paper; Adrian Wilson Designer and Printer at the Press in Tuscany Alley San Francisco. San Francisco, CA.: The Little Theater, 1971. unknown
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