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Militaria: Arms, Uniforms & Decorations

Thursday 15 June 2023, 11:00 AM • Sarzana

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Francisco Franco, Caudillo of Spain (1936 - 1975), third quarter of the 20th Century

Estimate

€ 800 - 1.200

Sold

€ 4.500

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

Spain
dimensions 23 x 32.5 x 8.2 cm.
A big volume with attendance signatures belonged to the Caudillo. With brown leather binding. the front part worked in relief at the center with a big depiction of the Spanish emblem on an eagle and with the Francoist bandeau "UNA GRANDE LIBRE", the columns marked "PLUS" and "ULTRA", below the Imperial Order of the Yoke and Arrows, all surrounded by cartouches depicting birds, dragons, floral and geometric motifs. The four corners with silver mounts depicting the lion and castle of Castile. The back cover decorated in relief and painted, with two ladies holding a statue with inscriptions "Poema de Cordoba" and "Julio Romero de Torres", the corners with the same mounts. Two pierced, silver closures on one side. The side od the pages gilded and painted with polychrome floral motifs. Signed "R. BERNIER2 and "CORDOBA" at the bottom part. Parchment frontispiece, worked in the style of the illuminated manuscripts, with inscription "Homenaje de Cordoba y su provincia al Jefe del Estado Espanol Excmo Sr. General Don Francisco Franco Bahamonde Caudillo de Espana" with a frame featuring color decorations. The last parchment page decorated with a hand-painted polychrome rosette. With several pages without numbering inside, some marked 'Al EXCMO. GENERAL FRANCO, JEFE DEL ESTADO ESPANOL 'A sus Ûrdenes, mi general.' VIVA ESPANA!" above. Each page with about 20 signatures, probably of people who visited the Caudillo or joined his cause.
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