Auction 82
The Origins of the Holocaust Auction
May 14, 2020
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USA
98 Bohemia Ave., St. 2, Chesapeake City, MD 21915
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Unique and very rare collection of Judaica and Holocaust relics; propaganda; and documents from 19th century through the end of WWII in 1945.
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LOT 31:
"UNION OF JEWISH FRONT-LINE SOLDIERS" MEMBERSHIP BADGE
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Sold for: $80
Start price:
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80
Estimated price:
$160-$200
Auction house commission: 30%
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"UNION OF JEWISH FRONT-LINE SOLDIERS" MEMBERSHIP BADGE
Buttonhole-type membership badge from the Austrian "Bund Juedischer Frontsoldaten" ("Union of Jewish Front-Line Soldiers"). The organization was founded in 1932 in response to the growing support for National Socialism and its attendant antisemitism in Austria. Jews had been excluded from Austria's other veteran groups as well. The Bund supported Jewish settlement in Palestine and the Dollfuss regime, despite the latter's anti-Semitic stance. Scarce member's bronze stickpin bearing organization's emblem of a laurel wreath encircling crossed swords and the Bund's initials "BJF", about 7/8 in. across, with buttonhole attachment on reverse. Fine.
