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784 - HISTORICAL PRESS – FOR A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE …
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HISTORICAL PRESS – FOR A COMPREHENSIVE UNDERSTANDING OF THE EVENTS OF 1937. FOUR PUBLICATIONS, 60 NEWSPAPERS: “Financial, Economic and Political News”, 45 issues + “Paris Soir (7)” + “La Voix du Combattant (1)” + “Le Populaire de Paris” (7) – French and foreign news dominated by the fallout from the Spanish Civil War and the policies of Hitler in Germany and Mussolini in Italy, the political crisis in Japan, the Germans in Spanish Morocco, and US neutrality In France, articles expressing hope regarding the prospects for peace in Europe, colonial demands, the economy, taxes, strained relations with the United States, political speeches (Léon Blum), agricultural produce, the implementation of the 40-hour week, the Army, the 1937 International Colonial Exhibition in Paris, the Franco-German issue, financial measures decided by the Council of Ministers, the draft Gold Act, unemployment and current economic affairs, the situation on the sugar market; the King of the Gypsies was the victim of an assassination attempt whilst hosting a banquet for his tribal chiefs; the Paris–Roubaix cycle race; Foch is to be laid to rest alongside Napoleon in the crypt of Les Invalides; etc...
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About the sale SALE OF COINS, BANKNOTES, MEDALS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY HEADGEAR, INSIGNIA AND DECORATIONS – lots 300 to 598 Followed by OLD PAPERS, PHOTOGRAPHS, POSTCARDS, DOCUMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS – Lots 599 to 862
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Auction time 10/20/2026 at 2:00 PM
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