Little museum in Malaga city

[PierreN]

[Jack59]

Could the centre as been lost by pure bad luck or perhaps because of the script on the reverse side?
Spain being a fervish Catholic country in that time.
Maybe the script offended the owner but he still felt he deserve the medal? Just a tough.

[TabsTabs1964]

No, I don't think so at all. It was a very, very prestigious decoration and highly coveted by Spanish officers. Generals as famous as Varela or Franco himself had the highest category.

Regards
Santi

[Jack59]

Santi, as we know Franco started his military career in Morocco.
Franco was a young brave officer in Morocco during the Riff War, surviving a very serious wound in the abdomen in 1916. This was the beginning of a relation with Moroccan troops who believed he was blessed with baraka or blessed by god. They would follow him anywhere as will be seen 20 years later.

Now for the script on the Mehdauia medal. The reverse of that beautiful award translate as: "Muley el Mehdi Ben Ismail Ben Mohamed, glorifíe it God". That medal really triggered my attention specially that I have a soft spot for the Spanish Civil War period. Jack

[PierreN]

[PierreN]

i am still in malaga, will see if i can manage to speak to the owner of the museum and ask him

[TabsTabs1964]

You can congratulate him. It's a small museum, but with a very complete collection IMHO

Regards
Santi.

P.S. Enjoy the city

[Jack59]

Little gem of a museum, we can feel the passion.
Many thanks for having shared with us. Your photos are wonderful.

Jack.

[Pauls1970]

Thank you for sharing, so interesting to see
Paul

[Aldo]

went back for @aldo since he lives far away but collects this.

Thank you for posting these images. It's a treasure trove for my archives. I appreciate the effort.

I just got back from Italy, unfortunately no military museums on my vacation