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Lot of items relating to the sports association of the workers of the Palestine Electric Corporation, Mandate period. The lot includes three original photographs of the football team of the Electric Workers' Association, the players' shirts bearing the lightning-bolt (zigzag) emblem associated with the Electric Corporation and the association's crest. The photographs show the players entering the field and on parade, alongside a large crowd in the stadium and a banner reading ”The Electric Workers' Association” (in Hebrew). In addition, a trilingual (Hebrew/English/Arabic) employee certificate of The Palestine Electric Corporation Ltd., Tel Aviv, no. 359, in the name of Levitzky Reuven, clerk, valid until 31.12.1947, bearing the holder's photograph. The Electric Corporation, founded by Pinhas Rutenberg in the 1920s and which laid the foundations of the country's electricity network, maintained an extensive sports association for its workers. Certificate measures approx. 9x14 cm. Units in lot: 4. Varying conditions, as photographed.