Spain Morral Affair 1906 Old Postcard Calle Mayor Explosion King Alfonso & Queen

Vintage Old Postcard. Spain Spanish. Atentado contra SS. MM. en la Calle Mayor, Madrid, el dia 31 de Mayo de 1906, 31st of May. Momento de la Explosion. Royal Wedding Day. Attack against SS. MM. in the Calle Mayor Street, on May 31, 1906, Moment of the Explosion.

Written on back: Assassination Attempt on King Alfonso & His Bride Queen Victoria, 18 people killed, 30 injured.

Palomeque Arenal 17 Madrid, Propriedad Braulio Lopez - Madrid.

Publisher: Cliche Caterina Lefevre Minardi
Background: The Morral affair was the attempted regicide of Spanish King Alfonso XIII and his bride, Victoria Eugenie, on their wedding day, May 31, 1906. The attacker, Mateu Morral, acting on a desire to spur revolution, threw a bomb concealed in a flower bouquet from his hotel window as the King's procession passed, killing 24 bystanders and soldiers, wounding over 100 others.

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Spain Morral Affair 1906 Old Postcard Calle Mayor Explosion King Alfonso & Queen

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