Sunny Israel Travel Poster (1955). Israeli Poster – Otte Wallisch Artwork

Sunny Israel Travel Poster (1955). Very Fine+ on Linen. Israeli Poster (26″ X 39.5″) Otte Wallisch Artwork.
It was David Remez, Israel’s first Minister of Transportation, who came up with the name “ZIM”. Remez was inspired by a passage in the Bible (Numbers 24:24), in which the Hebrew word ZIM refers to a number of large vessels. This very appropriate, historic name therefore reflects one of the company’s earliest goals: building a large merchant fleet. ZIM was established in 1945 by the Jewish Agency, Histadrut labor federation, and the Israel Maritime League. The company’s first ship, the Kedmah, was purchased in 1947. The early fleet included ships that were refitted to carry immigrants from Europe and to bring much-needed supplies during the 1948 War of Independence, and the difficult early years of statehood. This great poster has artwork by Otte Wallisch and is in excellent condition.