Memorial Day 1990, Fallen Artillery Corps Stamp

The Monument to the Fallen of the Artillery Corps – They first came into being in the War of Independence and was, the child of the “Artillery Service” of the “Hagana” whose men had gained their experience mainly in the Jewish Brigade of the British Army. The men, as well as the guns came from different countries, and this complicated the operation of the equipment in the early days. The Monument is set on a hill on the slopes of Zikhron Yaaqov. In a square, paved with stone cut from Jerusalem rock, six blocks of rough concrete – man-made boulders. Their design and positioning is of six cannon barrels, that have been put together into a battery. The six barrels point at some invisible axis in the middle and thus form a sculptured group closing in the space between them. Because of this, those who come to the Monument do not look at it from a distance but walk within it, and become part of it. On the day that the Monument was dedicated, the barrels had the names of 640 fallen Crops riveted to them, those that fell in the various wars. The names are in chronological order by date of death and at the front of the monument appears the verse: “these are the names of the warriors” (2Sam. 25:8).

The stamp with an information sheet are enclosed in a plastic protection sheet.