Forgive the intrusion, and thank you for accepting my registration. I purchased a large collection, with abundant dealer stock, of Israeli militaria, which was assembled by the late Jack H. Schwartz (Oak Park, Michigan, Canadian Army, Sergeant 1942-1946). So few references exist for much of the earliest Palestine Mandate, Haganah, and early IDF insignia, and many hours have been spent cross-referencing symbologies, manufacturing techniques, and historical events to identify a great number of items of very high rarity. I assume that, since so few of the early insignia survive, they were mostly worn during dress/parade occasions, if at all - and many units were either obfuscated, or completely classified, during this period. Synthetic attributions are appropriate as ad hoc approximations given the circumstances, but one item escapes my attempt to intersect internet and printed references with context. It is an enameled stick pin that seems to belong to the 2nd Corps, and I believe it may have been specifically from the 2nd Warszawski Signals Battalion, as it features blue/black enamel inlay patterns with a modernized Syrenka Warszawska prominently-featured on a medium blue background. Is this possible? There is no manufacturer marking on its reverse. Could this be a sweetheart pin? Any feedback would be helpful, and I'll upload more images as soon as I can retrieve the piece from its storage. The piece in question is featured at the left of these poor images:
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