1950-60 Metal MATCH HOLDER Hebrew \"SRULIK\" Judaica ISRAEL MAP Jewish PRE 1967

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1950-60 Metal MATCH HOLDER Hebrew \"SRULIK\" Judaica ISRAEL MAP Jewish PRE 1967:
$97.50

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DESCRIPTION :Up for sale is an EXTREMELY COOL and SCARCE piece of ISRAELIANA . It\'s a METAL MATCH HOLDER which consists on a few ERETZ ISRAELI - JUDAICA - ISRAELIANA simbols and ikons . To begin with , The typical image of \"SRULIK\" , The mythological ikon of both the newly born ISRAELI STATE as well as the young Israeli \"SABRA\" with his shorts, sandals and the inevitable KOVA TEMBEL . In addition , The MAP OF ISRAEL , Very thin Israel , Pre 1967 SIX DAY WAR , Where Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jerusalem , Beer Sheeba and Eilat are indicated and the ISRAELI NATIONAL Flag is waving. \"ISRAEL\" is also indicated in Hebrew on the side of the piece. A typical TAX LABEL is pasted on the inner side of the match holder . Definitely PRE 1967 piece, Very likely MID 1950\'s up to the MID 1960\'s. VERY RARE.Dimensions around : 2\" x 1.5\"x 0.5\" . Very good condition . The Metal is firm ,No dents ,Glossy and firm. Great patina .( Pls look at scan for AS IS images but please be aware that the piece itself , Especialy the SRULIK side , Looks much better in reality than the scanned images ) . Will be sent in a special protective rigid sealed package.AUTHENTICITY : ThisISRAELIANA PIECE is guaranteed ORIGINAL from mid 1950\'s up to the mid 1960\'s , Definitely pre 1967. NOT arecently made imitation, Itholds alife long GUARANTEE for its AUTHENTICITY and ORIGINALITY.PAYMENTS : Payment method accepted : Paypal.

SHIPPING : Shipp worldwide via registeredairmail is$16. Will be sent in a special protective rigid sealed package. Handling within 3-5 days after payment. Estimated duration 14 days.

Srulik(Hebrew:שרוליק‎‎) is a cartoon charactersymbolizingIsrael. The character was created in 1956 by the Israeli cartoonistKariel Gardosh, known by hispen nameDosh.The cartoon appeared for many years in newspaperMaariv.Yosef Lapid, Dosh\'s colleague on the editorial board of Maariv, described Srulik as an icon of Israel in the same way thatMarianneandUncle Samwere respectively icons of France and the United States. Srulik is a common nickname for \"Yisrael\" (Israel).Srulik is generally depicted as a young man wearing atembel hat,Biblical sandals, and khaki shorts. Srulik is a pioneering Zionist, a lover of the land of Israel and its soil, a dedicated farmer who in time of need puts on a uniform and goes out to defend the state of Israel. Dosh drew Srulik in cartoons on current events for Maariv, and also for various \"specials\" and occasions of the young state. During wartime, Srulik put on a uniform and was drafted to raise the national morale.Many have pointed out Srulik\'s function as anantithesisof theantisemiticcaricatures which appeared inDer Stürmerand other European and Arab journals. As against the stereotype of the weak or cunning Jew that was propagated byJoseph Goebbels, Dosh — a Holocaust survivor — drew a proud, strong and sympathetic Jewish character. The journalistShalom Rosenfeld, editor ofMaarivin 1974-1980, wrote:Srulik became not only a mark of recognition of [Dosh\'s] amazing daily cartoons, but an entity standing on its own, as a symbol of theLand of Israel- beautiful, lively, innocent ... and having a littlechutzpah, and naturally also of the new Jew. Because of our history and our religion and the relations between us and the nations that absorbed us in their countries and cultures, stereotypes were created, mostly not so positive of the Jewish man. In the works of the greatest artists of prose, poetry and painting these stereotypes moved between aWandering Jew, restless, tragic and pathetic and the hunchbacked, crooked-nosed, fleshy-lipped Jew with a pack of banknotes in his pockets, a prototype of the ShakespeareanShylockandThe Jew Süss, in Goebbelsian interpretation, and in the modern times of many caricaturists in the Arab countries.SrulikThe caricaturist Dosh (Kariel Gardosh) created “Srulik” in 1952, as a symbol of the young state. Srulik’s image was embraced by all, and he was chosen as the representative icon of the state on its 10th anniversary. He was transformed from a two-dimensional image to dolls and figurines, and his two dimensional image was printed on key rings, clothing and other items for the centennial exhibition.Although Israeli society has undergone large transformations throughout the decades since Srulik was created, the image of Srulik is etched into the Israeli collective memory

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1950-60 Metal MATCH HOLDER Hebrew \"SRULIK\" Judaica ISRAEL MAP Jewish PRE 1967:
$97.50