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MR 052Rare set of Spanish chocolate cards entitled Historia del Hombre mas Fuerte del Mundo. It is the story of a man named Goliath who has super strength. He ends up in the Spanish Legion and fights in Morocco, where he is captured and subsequently escapes due to his strength. In the end he is awarded a medal. 24 out of 25 cards. Good condition. (ew) KH
Price: $500.00
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A collection of 9 illustrations from French and Italian periodicals on the French war in Morocco in the early 20th century. EH B
Price: $360.00
Note: Following Morocco’s first defeat to any European power in 200 years, Morocco gave up Sid Ifni to Spain according to the treaty of Tetouan in 1860.
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MR 092Following the Madrid Conference in 1880, Morocco is forced to turn Tangier into a zone of international administration. This came after years of Spanish and French interference in Moroccan politics, generally to the benefit of their own citizens. Morocco had protested against this, but was by now so weak that it had to give up even more than before.
In 1894 Sultan Moulay Hassan died, and his son Abdu l-Aziz was only 10 years of age at the accession. During his reign, Europeans became the main advisors at the court, and local rulers became more and more independent from the sultan’s rule.
In 1904 France reached agreement with Great Britain and Italy on spheres of influence over Africa, leaving Morocco within the control of France. Similar agreeement is reached with Germany the following year.
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In 1907 France occupied Oujda near the border to French controlled Algeria. Shortly afterward the French invade Casablanca. Spain, worried about its own position, sent 90,000 troops to Melilla, their own enclave in northeastern Morocco.
In 1910 Moulay Hafiz is trapped by the French, and forced to conclude an agreement, which took two years to negotiate. In 1912 the Treaty of Fez is signed. With this, France is given the right to defend Morocco. A similar treaty is signed with Spain, who occupied most of the northern coast, and areas in the deep south.
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Illustration by Richard Caton Woodville as part of the delegation of Ambassador William Kirby Green to Morocco in 1887. EH B
Price: $20.00
MR 090
MR 090
A collection of 2 propaganda illustrations from Le Petit Journal and Le Petit Parisien on Moroccan submission to French authority as well as the affinity between the French and the Moroccans. EH B
Price: $80.00
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MR 089
A collection of 2 illustrations of Senegalese, Moroccan and Algerian Trailleurs fighting in Morocco, 1906-1911. EH B
Price: $80.00
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MR 087
A collection of 2 French propaganda illustrations depicting the barbarity of the Moroccans against the French and the French civilizing mission and civilized behavior on the other. M EH
Price: $80.00
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MR 086
A collection of 3 illustrations from French periodicals depicting Moroccan barbarity against women and rebels, as seen through French eyes. B EH
Price: $90.00
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A collection of 3 European illustrations of Moroccan sultans Mouley-Hassan, Abdelaziz and Moulai-Hafid, 1894-1912. B EH
Price: $120.00
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Two 19th century prints of Morocco. EH B
Price: $60.00
MR 104AUCA titled “La Campana de Marruecos”, which was quite obviously created by an ardent supporter of the king who was in a minority of supporters of the war in Morocco. It states a number of things that are clear propaganda. For instance it states that the Moroccan sued for peace when in fact the opposite was true. It shows Spain as victorious in the war, which in fact was false. There is not a single negative word about either the king or the war. M AH EH KH
Price: $700.00
Note: An Auca is a graphic format popular in Spain and especially in the region of Catalonia around Barcelona. The genre dates at least to the 17th century but was banned during the 18th century before experiencing a renewal during the 19th and later the 20th centuries as a uniquely Catalonian form of expression. It takes the form of a cartoon or a comic strip, typically with 48 blocks of image and text, although some may have less. An Auca is generally produced as a single sheet, but occasionally a booklet form is used. The captions tend to have some sort of consistent rhyme to assist with the flow and storytelling. Many times the term “auca” appears in the title, but another term, “aleluya,” is used, apparently interchangeably. Some sources indicate that the aleluya originated in Castile and originally included religious elements that were shed over time. Auca was a very popular form of anti-Nationalist propaganda during the Civil War.
MR 100
MR 100
Three early Spanish Moroccan humor postcards. M
Price: $75.00
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Spanish propaganda silk handkerchief on the war in Morocco, early 20th century. (ew) M
Price: $200.00