Spanish Civil War Republican Personal Effects and insignia Group

Description

Offered today is a grouping that would have been carried by Republican soldiers. Grouping includes a a bar of French supplied soap with the brand name Cibel / Marimba, marked on the reverse with a Geneva cross and donation information; an unopened bandage marked with a red cross, supplied to the Spanish Republic by Belgium; a folding pocket mirror in zinc case embossed on the cover with a female bust wearing a Phrygia cap and inscribed "REPUBLICA ESPANOLA", maker marked on the reverse with a wire stand; Bakelite match box with a star, hammer, and sickle, marked with initials "PCE" of the Spanish Communist Party, reverse has a portrait of Dolores Ibárruri known as La Pasionaria, a Spanish communist; metal marching compass, the cover is marked BRUJULA BERDALA, the interior has a broken folding mirror and instrument is Barcelona maker's marked; two red painted army five point cap stars, one in white metal with wire prong attachments, the other made of brass and missing prongs; one hand embroidered Spanish Republican army Corporal's rank with red star and inverted chevron on an olive cotton field with a darker olive cord border, on pasteboard backed in white paper.