description
Object description
whole: The image fills the sheet and is printed in red, grey and black. Some text is integrated into the lower half of the
painting. There is a line of printed white type across the top of the page and three lines of black type, orientated to the centre of the
right edge.
image: A large, muscular, faceless figure drawn in grey stands at the centre of the image holding a black and red flag, which is billowing
out behind him. His other hand is in the air. At his feet is a cowering monster with bloody horns, baring his teeth and lying on his back
surrounded by blood. In his claws are a hammer and sickle. Initials are painted over his body in blood. Above his head, on the right hand
side is the insignia of the yoke and arrows in red.
text: España Una Grande Libre. FAI.CNT.UHP.
Label
The yoke and arrows was the symbol of the Spanish Nationalists.
Label
CNT: Confederación Nacional de Trabajo: Anarcho-Syndicalist Trades Union.
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FAI: Federaçion Anarquista Ibérica: Anarchist Secret Society set up in 1927 to maintain the idealogical purity of the
movement.
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UHP: Unión de Hermanos Proletarios [Union of Proletarian Brothers]
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The black and red flag is the flag of Falange Española, the dominant Nationalist political party, during the Civil War.
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.
