v09_2050 - ISRAËL - ÉTAT D'ISRAËL - BEN GOURION Lot de trois pièces, 1er anniversaire de la mort de Ben Gourion 1974

ISRAEL - STATE OF ISRAEL - BEN GURION

(since 1948)

David Green (1886-1973) was born in Ukraine in 1886. He arrived in Palestine in 1907. He took the name David Ben Gurion (son of a lion cub). Pursued as a terrorist by the English occupation authorities, it was he who proclaimed Independence on May 14, 1948 eight hours before the end of the British mandate..