Bidspirit auction | Assortment of 22 Vintage Key

Assortment of 22 Vintage Key Rings and Pins (1950s–1970s) – IDF, Leaders, and Israeli Nostalgia - An assortment of 22 nostalgic Israeli collectibles, approximately 1950s–1970s, comprising 19 key rings and 3 button pins. Lot contents: * IDF Commanders and Senior Officers Pins (3 items): A rare set of three original button pins from a political campaign/appreciation event era, bearing portraits of senior military figures: Colonel Ariel (Arik) Sharon (later Prime Minister), Colonel Mordechai (Motta) Gur (liberator of Jerusalem and later IDF Chief of Staff), and Colonel Michael Bor. Issued by ”Mata.” Independence Day and Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Items (7 items): * A pair (2 units) of identical official key rings for Israel's 17th Independence Day (1965), in classic transparent plastic design featuring a Star of David and the inscription ”Independence Day.” * A pair (2 units) of identical key rings featuring a medal commemorating Israel's 20th anniversary celebrations (1948–1968): one side bears portraits of Benjamin Ze'ev Herzl and Dr. Chaim Weizmann with the famous Zionist inscription ”If you will it, it is no dream.” The reverse bears the inscription ”Israel 1948–1968” alongside the state's seven-branched menorah. * Key ring (1 unit) — Israel Military Industries (IMI) — Independence Day 1978: an official silver-toned medal issued to IMI employees to mark the 30th anniversary of the State of Israel. * Key ring (1 unit) — official, marking Israel's 18th Independence Day (1966), in blue/transparent plastic design with an olive-branch decoration. * Key ring (1 unit) — a nostalgic metal item depicting the Israeli flag waving above the state menorah against a brown leather-texture background. Israeli and Mandatory-Era Coins Converted into Key Rings (4 items): A 250 pruta coin (1957), a half-lira coin (1964), a 25-agorot coin (1961), and a half Israeli lira (1964). Companies, Organizations, and Nostalgic Advertising (3 items): * An official yellow enamel Air Force key ring — displaying the gilded corps emblem and wings on an Iv-ory-white background, with the nostalgic inscription ”With Compliments, ” and on the reverse an inscription with enamel on a golden background: ”The Air Force is in my soul.” * A promotional plastic key ring for Friedman refrigerators: bearing the legendary slogan ”Friedman on every table… Friedman products.” The reverse displays the IDF emblem.  * A key ring (without strap and metal ring, plaque only) bearing the emblem of the nostalgic shipping company: ”Mediterranean Seaways Ltd, Haifa Israel” — metal set within an acrylic cast.  Sovereignty, Military, and History: * IDF emblem key ring: a round vintage item in military green, displaying at its center the Israel Defense Forces emblem (sword and olive branch within a Star of David) on a gilded plaque. Holy Land Souvenirs in Olive Wood and Polyester (3 items): Classic tourist key rings (1960s/70s): three key rings containing real preserved wildflowers, dried and embedded within transparent acrylic/polyester cast. Two of them come in frames of authentic Israeli olive wood with the nostalgic inscriptions: ”Flowers of Galilee” and ”Greetings from the Holy Land.” The lot is sold as-is in excellent original vintage condition. The plastic and enamel items retain vivid, attractive colors; the metal items and historical medals display a natural patina that adds character, and the coins show light abrasions. 260 g.