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Actions	Spanish Republic flag Remove from selection Add to selection TitleSpanish Republic flag ReferenceBANNER/125 Date n.d. Scope and ContentSpanish Republican flag Extent1 Single Sided Banner Physical descriptionDimensions (H x W): 130cm x 274cm. Heavy Cotton. Archival historyThis flag was flying over Telefonica House in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. It was taken down as Franco entered the city and brought to the UK by Jimmy Shand, a member of the Young Communist League who had been broadcasting in English during the last few hours before Madrid fell to Franco's troops. He gave it to Hilda Froom for safe keeping when war broke out in 1939, and she passed it to the Library in 1989, the 50th anniversary year of the fall of Madrid. SubjectSpanish Civil War (1936-1939) Conditions governing accessOpen Levelfile Normal locationAttic

TitleSpanish Republic flag

ReferenceBANNER/125

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Scope and ContentSpanish Republican flag

Extent1 Single Sided Banner

Physical descriptionDimensions (H x W): 130cm x 274cm. Heavy Cotton.

Archival historyThis flag was flying over Telefonica House in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War. It was taken down as Franco entered the city and brought to the UK by Jimmy Shand, a member of the Young Communist League who had been broadcasting in English during the last few hours before Madrid fell to Franco's troops. He gave it to Hilda Froom for safe keeping when war broke out in 1939, and she passed it to the Library in 1989, the 50th anniversary year of the fall of Madrid.

SubjectSpanish Civil War (1936-1939)

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