Unique Artisan sterling silver chess set made of 16 sterling silver and 16 gilded sterling silver (gold color) chess pieces. It's truly a masterpiece! Large 925 sterling silver IDF (Israel Defense Force) chess set with 32 highly detailed IDF related pieces representing the various corps in the Israeli defense forces.

 

The pawns are designed as soldiers, the rooks are shaped as torpedo boat, the knights are as mobile gun, the bishops are as patrol jeep, the kings are as combat pilot standing beneath his F-16 and the queens are as queen driving a tank (the tank is considered to be the queen of the battlefield).

The wooden case is topped by a removable wooden cover, set with a silvered and gilded metal playing board, centered by the IDF logo inscribed in Hebrew "Tzva Haganah Le´Israel" (Israel Defense Force). This set was made in the electroforming method.

The wooden case is beautifully ornamented and topped by a removable wooden cover, set with a silvered and gilded metal playing board, removable by pressing down on two corners. Each piece is stored in its own compartment inside the box board.

 

The artist, Amnon Caspi designs and creates unique handmade items of electroformed sterling silver. Caspi was born in Israel. At the age of six months he developed polio, which left his legs paralyzed. He is now able to walk with the aid of crutches. Together with his wife, he owns and runs a small workshop. Caspi employs new immigrants from various countries, and also employs disabled people who were unable to find work in other places.