Morocco

MR 254

5 colonial photos, on postcard stock, of Moroccan trailleurs during WW1.

Price: $150.00

MR 253

4 colonial photo postcards of life in Tetuan, Morocco.

Price: $100.00

MR 252

3 period postcards of Moroccan Goumiers fighting in France during WW2.

Price: $120.00

Note from Wikipedia: The Moroccan Goumiers were indigenous Moroccan soldiers who served in auxiliary units attached to the French Army of Africa, between 1908 and 1956. While nominally in the service of the Sultan of Morocco, they served under French officers, including a period as part of the Free French Forces. Employed initially as tribal irregulars, then in regular contingents, the goumiers were employed extensively during the French occupation of Morocco from 1908 to the early 1930s. They then served in North Africa, Italy, and France during World War II between 1942 and 1945. Goumiers subsequently served in Indochina from 1946 to 1954.

MR 251MR 251

16 early colonial postcards of Morocco showing scenes and types. Shown are a bull fight, various types, the prison, fiesta, shoemaker, view of the French-Berber college, Marrakech, the Tadla casbah, Medhya, interior of damaged mosque at Tin-Mel, local warriors in front of the mosque at Tin-Mel. SOLD

Price: $400.00

MR 250MR 250

23 postcards of military operations in Morocco during the Riff wars of 1907, 1911, 1921 and 1925. SOLD

Price: $860.00

MR 249

Seven colonial postcards of Moroccan royalty. SOLD

Price: $210.00

MR 248

Six humor postcards of Casablanca, 1914.

Price: $300.00

MR 247

Complete set of 20 postcards of the Red Light district in Casablanca. SOLD

Price: $500.00

MR 244MR 244

Fascinating photo album belonging to a French soldier that fought in Morocco during the Riff War. His name was Jean Moreau and he was with the 44th Telegraphic Engineering Battalion. He graduated from the 1924 Class, was assigned to the Army of the Rhine from November 1924 to September 1925 and based in Mainz. Before departing for Morocco he took a small vacation with his parents to Weisbaden Germany. He lived in Mayence, France. On August 30, 1925 he underwent a final military inspection, before departing for Marsailles, arriving on September 8. Leaving Marsailles on September 10 aboard the paquebot IONIE, he arrived in Casablanca on September 14 and shortly after shipped out to Taza, accompanied by local auxillaries. Numerous photos of Taza, showing local life, fraternization between French soldiers and locals. He returns home at the end of the war in 1926. The album then picks up at the end of France’s capitulation to Germany in 1940. This is a professionally assembled album, with exhaustive legible captions. 69 photos, plus some ephemera such as his permanent military pass issued in 1924 and maps outlining his travels from 1925-1926.

Price: $1500.00