Israeli pioneering memorabilia: Israeli-made light green shorts made by "ATA"(possibly 1953), with British army styled brown plastic buttons - 3 concealed as a button-down fly and a two-button front...
"Decoration of State Warriors" service decoration (for civil wear), pin and award document, awarded on or around Israel's 20th Independence Day, 2 May 1968. This decoration was awarded to members of...
2 sets of Israeli Army and Israeli Airforce sergeant rank stripes, circa. 1950's: the Army ranks are of the earliest style, with individually stitched blue lines along each of the three stripes - and...
Israel: 50th anniversary of Association of Former Jewish Policemen in Israel token, 1967; cast iron(?); weight: 15.45g. On reverse, the association's name in Hebrew surmounting the emblem of the...
Israeli Army (IDF) used British paratrooper type-3 steel helmet, circa. 1948-mid-1950's. This is a BMB (Briggs Motor Bodies) manufactured shell, dated 1944 and sized 7 (the size is stamped in a...
Israel, civil guard armband - a service armband of the civil guard ("Mishmar Ezrakhi"), 1960's. The armband was worn by a civilian warden during air raid warnings, ordered civilians to turn off their...
IDF Druze Battalion emblem: unit badge belonging to "Gdud Kherev" ('Sword Battalion') of Druze and Circassian soldiers in the Israeli Army; weight: 3.7g; not maker-marked.Druze (Bedouin and...
Early IDF air defence pin in gold finish, circa. early 1950's; size: 11x29mm; weight: 1.2g. Design based on that of the pre-State "Haga" service run by the Yishuv, here set against the emblem of the...
Early Israeli Army metal cap badge, 1948-50. The badge is curved, and was worn on the army's first type of hat, the so-called 'Hitelmacher' hat (see item 0110004). There are two prongs on the reverse...
Early Israeli Army quartermasters corps metal cap badge, 1948-50. The badge is slightly curved and was worn on the army's first type of hat, the so-called 'Hitelmacher' hat (see item 0110004). There...
Rare khaki first version of the Israeli Army 'Hitelmacher' hat with leather chin-cord, circa. 1948-1951. Of the two major varieties produced, this is the earlier, American-made issue in khaki denim,...
Emblem pin of "Sayeret Givati" (elite reconnaisance) unit of the Givati Brigade, size: 2.5 x 1.5cm; weight: 1.3g. The Givati Brigade was resurrected in 1983 along with its elite reconnaisance unit,...
Emblem pin of the 50th [airdropped] Battalion of the Nahal Brigade, size: 1.65 x 1.9cm; weight: 1.8g. The 50th "basalt" battalion began as the 88th Airdropped battalion of the Nahal, and was part of...
Etzioni Brigade "Defender of Jerusalem" variant badge, circa. 1948; weight: 3.4g. A solid-back badge with safety-pin reverse (typical of Israeli badges of that time). Though not documented in...
Rare khaki first version of the Israeli Army 'Hitelmacher' hat bearing the IDF metal insignia badge, circa. 1948. Of the two major varieties produced, this is the earlier, American-made issue in...
Golden "Volunteer" pin of IDF Northern Regional Command, awarded to volunteers who assisted with organizing the emergency supply depots after the 1973 Yom Kippur war; size: 36.5mm; weight: 5.25g. The...
IDF 'Fitness Badge' ("Ot HaKosher") silver class, circa. 1950's; not maker-marked (probably Shmuel Kretchmer); size: 16mm; weight: 2.3g. Solid-backed w/safety-pin. Obv: soldier in 1950's-era uniform...
Metal pin of the "Nachal" brigade of the Israeli Army, circa. 1960's. The "Nachal" - "Fighting Pioneer Youth" - is the spiritual successor to the pre-State "Palmach" force, incorporating military...
Israeli beret badge bearing the insignia of the IDF, 1950's. The emblem of the Israel Defence Forces became the insignia of the General Staff in the years after the War of Independence (1948-49), as...
Israeli Army boarding school ("Pnimia Tzvait" - "IDF Junior Command Preparatory School") in Tel Aviv uniface tallion, circa. 1970's; weight: 8.5g; size: 30mm. Obverse depicts the emblem of the...
