Prints and Ephemera

ETH 381

ID card Luciana Berroti for membership in the Istituto Fascista dell’Africa Italiana. B

Price: $90.00

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Three strips of original artwork for the journal La Semaine Humoristique, by Robert Fuzier. Shows Mussolini being humiliated during the invasion of Ethiopia. B

Price: $450.00

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Three different types of obituaries for Italian soldiers killed in Ethiopia. B

Price: $120.00

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Several documents in Amharic, possibly from the Royal Palace as one of them relates to Haile Selassie’s coronation, another relates to the freeing of a slave. All with seals. B

Price: $900.00

ETH 373

May 9, 1940 25 pages special supplement for the journal Africa Italiana titled Impero e Autarchia. B

Price: $150.00

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1959 publication glorifying Mussolini’s conquest of Ethiopia. 19 pages. Missing the sound recording of the speech he gave on May 9, 1936. B AN

Price: $90.00

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8 Issues of Italia y Abisinia. Issues 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Rare. kh SOLD

Price: $560.00

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ERITREA. Some photographic representations of Italy’s Action, by the Istituto Agricolo Coloniale – Firenze 1946. Published in Italy, in English, it showcases Italy’s investment in Eritrea. B

Price: $250.00

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Seven early Spanish confectionary cards on Abyssinia. EH B

Price: $140.00

ETH 359Extremely rare personal log book from the commander of the 2nd Company of the 104th Black Shirt Battalion. It lists the names of all the soldiers under his command and has details on each, in some cases their photos. In some cases he strikes a red line through their details, possibly indicating that they were killed. Also, a record of the movements of the Battalion from September27, 1936 when the unit left Italy to January 15, 1938 when the unit was mustered out. Separately for officers and NCO’s/troopers he lists numbers of effective men, those assigned elsewhere, absentees, infirmed, imprisoned, as well as the number of horses available, for each month. He also shows the status of each horse…..by its name. B

Price: $5000.00

Note: the 104th Battalion was part of the 104th CCNN Legion “Santorre di Santarosa”, which was part of the 4th CCNN Division “3 Gennaio”. It participated in the battle of Amba Aradam, fought on February 10-15, 1936. Overall, the Italians suffered 800 losses. As the log book indicates that the unit sailed from Italy on October 22, 1936, these men were replacements to bring the battalion back to full strength.

ETH 359