description
Object description
whole: The sheet has a plain background. Occupying the majority of the centre of the sheet is a cut-out greyscale image,
taken from a painting. Above this is one line of bold, black type and below it are two smaller lines of black type. Framing these elements
are three red and yellow lines, creating a box around the edge of the page.
image: A head a shoulder portrait of Franco in uniform. On his collar is a insignia consisting of two crossed swords and a star under a
crown.
text: ¡Lo Que España Quiere! [What Spain Wants!] Excmo. Sr. General D. Francisco Franco Bahamonde. Jefe del Gobierno del Estado
Español.[Head of the Spanish State Government]
History note
Item was acquired by the donor's Uncle while he was serving on HMS Repulse in 1938. He records in his log that
while the Repulse was moored in Gibraltar harbour and he was given shore leave and decided to go to into Spain. He and his party met
someone who took them to the Fascist military headquarters in La Linea where they were given these posters.
