Rare Spanish Civil War Admiral Valdes Republican Navy Sailors Hat Cap Helmet

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Rare Spanish Civil War Admiral Valdes Republican Navy Sailors Hat Cap Helmet. It has hand inscriptions with a sailors log of ports in spain and or battles. Nice shape. History. As soon as the sailors learned that their commander had placed the ship at the disposal of the military uprising, they arrested the officers, took command, and sailed for the peninsula, and sent a message of support to the Minister of the Navy of the Spanish republic. This destroyer traveled north with the Republican, including in the battle of Cape Cherchell and later in convoy escort. On July 12, 1937, together with the destroyers Lepanto, Churruca, Admiral Miranda, Gravina and Sanchez Baircáztegui, they maintained an artillery duel with the cruiser Balearic Islands, while the destroyers escorted the tanker Campillo, in which both sides withdrew after an hour of firing, the Balearic Islands, discovering that their cannons were overheating after 50 shots On March 5, 1939, following the uprising in the city, he left Cartagena with the bulk of the Republican squadron for Bizerte (Tunisia), where he arrived on March 11. The following day, the crew requested political asylum, and the ships were interstomized under the custody of a few Spanish crew members per ship. On March 31, 1939, the staff who were to take charge of the interned ships arrived in Bizerte aboard the transports Mallorca and Marquis de Comillas