Rif War Morocco: Spanish Army Officer Troop Tent Camp (Panorama RPPC 1920s)

rare vintage panorama real photo postcard - no reprint!

matte gelatin silver print

panoramic real photo postcard rppc from the 1920s

depicting a historic military encampment during the rif war campaign in northern morocco measuring an unusual long format of 8.5 x 17.4 cm

the scarce wide photograph shows a european colonial officer in full military uniform with riding boots and a sun helmet interacting with local rifian people including a man in a traditional dark djellaba and several native children next to a large white expedition field tent a large gather of pack animals or troops is visible in the distant arid hillside background

the clean reverse side features the official printed spanish heading tarjeta postal and is completely unposted a highly exceptional and unique piece of military history and north african ethnography

size: ~ 8.5 x 17.4 cm (1 cm ~ 0.39 inch)