BANNER OF THE JEWISH LEGION VETERANS, ca. 1918. A blue velvet banner, 132 x 86 cm.,  embellished with yellow and gold bands, metallic threads and silver sequins. The arched words "Jewish Legion Veterans" (also in Hebrew) and "E.E.F. Palestine" surround a large Star of David in the banner's lower half; "Royal Fusiliers" flanks the star. At top, a menorah stands upon  a banner carrying the word "Kadimah" in Hebrew; at bottom are the dates "1915-1918." -- A green velvet Torah mantle (72 x 42 cm.) embroidered in colored and metallic threads. Commissioned in 1931 in memory of Yisrael David bar Ya'akov Tempelhoff, whose name appears in the large Star of David that adorns the mantle's center. -- A linen Torah Binder (15.6 x 163 cm.), of which two [of four] pieces remain, embroidered in multi-colored threads of greens, browns, yellows, purple, etc.  Its Hebrew inscription now reads: "Shelomo, son of Yehudah Strauss, born under a good sign, the 13th of Adar, [5]550 [1790]."  A bird-like head fo
BANNER OF THE JEWISH LEGION VETERANS, ca. 1918. A blue velvet banner, 132 x 86 cm., embellished with yellow and gold bands, metallic threads and silver sequins. The arched words "Jewish Legion Veterans" (also in Hebrew) and "E.E.F. Palestine" surround a large Star of David in the banner's lower half; "Royal Fusiliers" flanks the star. At top, a menorah stands upon a banner carrying the word "Kadimah" in Hebrew; at bottom are the dates "1915-1918." -- A green velvet Torah mantle (72 x 42 cm.) embroidered in colored and metallic threads. Commissioned in 1931 in memory of Yisrael David bar Ya'akov Tempelhoff, whose name appears in the large Star of David that adorns the mantle's center. -- A linen Torah Binder (15.6 x 163 cm.), of which two [of four] pieces remain, embroidered in multi-colored threads of greens, browns, yellows, purple, etc. Its Hebrew inscription now reads: "Shelomo, son of Yehudah Strauss, born under a good sign, the 13th of Adar, [5]550 [1790]." A bird-like head forms the ascender of a lamed, an acorn and a foliate branch surmount additional letters. At bottom right is embroidered the child's nickname, "Zalo." (3)

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BANNER OF THE JEWISH LEGION VETERANS, ca. 1918. A blue velvet banner, 132 x 86 cm., embellished with yellow and gold bands, metallic threads and silver sequins. The arched words "Jewish Legion Veterans" (also in Hebrew) and "E.E.F. Palestine" surround a large Star of David in the banner's lower half; "Royal Fusiliers" flanks the star. At top, a menorah stands upon a banner carrying the word "Kadimah" in Hebrew; at bottom are the dates "1915-1918." -- A green velvet Torah mantle (72 x 42 cm.) embroidered in colored and metallic threads. Commissioned in 1931 in memory of Yisrael David bar Ya'akov Tempelhoff, whose name appears in the large Star of David that adorns the mantle's center. -- A linen Torah Binder (15.6 x 163 cm.), of which two [of four] pieces remain, embroidered in multi-colored threads of greens, browns, yellows, purple, etc. Its Hebrew inscription now reads: "Shelomo, son of Yehudah Strauss, born under a good sign, the 13th of Adar, [5]550 [1790]." A bird-like head forms the ascender of a lamed, an acorn and a foliate branch surmount additional letters. At bottom right is embroidered the child's nickname, "Zalo." (3)

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