The Alhucemas landing of September 1925 was the first successful amphibious assault in modern warfare to deploy combined air, naval, and ground forces in coordinated fashion — a tactical blueprint later studied extensively in planning the Allied landings of World War II. Spain and France jointly executed the operation to break Abd el-Krim's Rif Republic, effectively ending a revolt that had humiliated both colonial powers since the Spanish disaster at Annual in 1921, where some 8,000 troops were lost in a single campaign.
This commemorative falls within Spain's long-running FNMT-RCM collector series revisiting pivotal national events. Silver-plated copper-nickel rather than solid silver.
The Alhucemas landing of September 1925 was the first successful amphibious assault in modern warfare to deploy combined air, naval, and ground forces in coordinated fashion — a tactical blueprint later studied extensively in planning the Allied landings of World War II. Spain and France jointly executed the operation to break Abd el-Krim's Rif Republic, effectively ending a revolt that had humiliated both colonial powers since the Spanish disaster at Annual in 1921, where some 8,000 troops were lost in a single campaign.
This commemorative falls within Spain's long-running FNMT-RCM collector series revisiting pivotal national events. Silver-plated copper-nickel rather than solid silver.