Photos and Postcards

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Set of 7 photos on postcard stock titled Costumi Tripolitania. Shown are a travelling salesman of men’s clothing and accessories, punishment, travelling performers, female of Fezzan, woman with child, female of Ghadames. B

Price: $150.00

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Collection of large format photos of colonial Libya, showing Governor Italo Balbo and senior military officials and Libyan leaders, solemn honors given to indigenous Libyan officers, rare photo of maharistes, rare photo of the visit of King Victor Emmanuel to Tripoli in 1938, local children at watering hole, a Senucci leader, road construction in the hinterland. B

Price: $800.00

t-mdh032MDH 032t-mdh032aMDH 032t-mdh032a1MDH 032Album of 23 photos on postcard stock of an Italian hospital caring for soldiers wounded in the 1911-1912 Libyan war. Each photo contains images of nurses or doctors. B

Price: $460.00

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Photo collection from an Italian soldier based in Libya in the 1920’s through to 1940. Several photos of fascist architecture, aerial view of Homs, military airport, military in the field, mosque in Tobruk, Italians masquerading as locals entertaining Black Shirt officers, etc. B

Price: $400.00

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An Italian patriotic postcard of Libya, 1912. M

Price: $40.00

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A 1937 postcard showing the Italian air force in Libya. M

Price: $90.00

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Group of 10 photos taken by an Italian soldier in Tripoli between April 21 and May 5, 1941. He is dressed as a local arab. B

Price: $120.00

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Diary of Captain Oreste Mariotti, who commanded the 4th company of the 3rd Indigenous (Eritrean) battalion during the invasion of Libya, 1911-1912. The diary covers the period October 1, 1912 – May 16, 1913. The remarkable attribute of this diary is that it lists the names of every Eritrean serving under him, broken out by 8 platoons. He lists the Eritrean NCO’s separately as well. Struck out names indicates those killed or wounded. It also lists the material under his command. He makes detailed lists of monies spent on his men. Much of the daily recordings are about the activities of his men, with actual names indicated. 107 written pages in total. Also included are his personal photos while in Libya, transfer to Eritrea in 1913 and his participation in the invasion of Ethiopia. This includes a number of postcards written by him. There are a few items from his time in World War 1. The photos are rich, showing aerial bombardment in Libya, hanging prisoners, Mariotti at the head of Libyan cavalry, Mariotti with his Eritrean ascaris, Libyan militia, senior Italian offers, his time in Eritrea in 1913, and a small collection of photos from his time in Ethiopia (including his tombstone). Roughly 100 photos, including a few postcards written by Mariotti. A number of photos are captioned. Mt-aph280a1APH 280t-aph280a2APH 280

Price: $3000.00

Note: Oreste Mariotti (1874-1937) commanded Eritrean and Libyan troops over his military career. He was captain of the 4th Company of the 3rd Indigenous Battalion during the invasion of Libya. He then served as the commanding officer of the 17th Eritrean Battalion from 1919-1923 based in Eritrea. In 1935, during the invasion of Ethiopia he was the commanding officer of the Eritrean Eastern Lowlands Zone, reporting directly to General Santini, commander of the Northern Front. From 1936 to his death of illness in 1937 he commanded the 9th Colonial Brigade. During the invasion of Ethiopia he had the following units under his command: XXIV Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari), XXVI Battalion indigeni (Eritrean Ascari), Libyan Battalion, Massaua Irregulars Band, Northern Dankalia Irregulars Band, Southern Dankalia Irregulars Band, 7th Artillery Battery, 37th Artillery Battery. He distinguished himself at the Battle of Azbi, of which, the New York Times had this to report on February 4, 1937 as part of his obituary:

t-aph280a3APH 280t-aph280a4APH 280General Oreste Mariotti, who commanded the Italian column which crossed the Danakil Desert in the advance on Makale in the Ethiopian campaign, died today at the age of 54. He led his troops in a pitched battle at Azbi in that advance.

General Mariotti collected a force of 2,000 Danakil and Askari warriors from Eritrea and began a march westward toward Azbi from the Eastern border of Ethiopia in the Fall of 1935. His artillery was mounted on camels and mules. The column traversed unexplored territory, suffering the intense heat of the Danakil Desert and later the bitter cold of the 7,000-foot mountain ranges west of Danakil Province. At one time the soldiers were four days without food or water. The stiffest resistance to the Italian invasion was offered by 5,000 Ethiopian troops, who ambushed General Mariotti’s men in a narrow mountain gorge on November 14, 1935, near Azbi. The battle raged seven hours, the Ethiopians withdrawing after nightfall. Eighty-seven were killed and 150 wounded on both sides. That engagement virtually accomplished the conquest of Danakil Province and the territory immediately to the west of it.

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Four homogeneous photos of frontier life for the Italians during the 1911-1912 invasion of Libya. Ascaris interest. M RESERVED

Price: $80.00

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Vellum covered photo album with GUERA LIBICA 1911-1912 stamped into the cover. 84 photos in all, glued on one margin only so captions on reverse are accessible. Good quality photos measuring 8x14cm. Shows navy landing at Bengazi, bombed mosque at Sidi Hussein, navy personnel under attack on land, battery at Tobruk, visiting arabs, local arab dignitary, Libyan colonial troops, arab prisoners at Tobruk, barracks at Tobruk, Italian fort, redoubt at Tobruk, General Caneva with Guglielmo Marconi, several photos of Marconi, wireless station at Derna, Turkish prisoners, arab dead at Bengazi. Also photos taken at the newly acquired Dodecanes Islands: Symie, Patmos, Rhodes, Kos, Klimnos, Notia and another named island in the chain. Many photos with captions. This album appears to combine his time in Libya during the invasion of Libya and it then appears he is part of the entourage of the royal inspection of the newly acquired islands in the Aegean. The Duchess of Aosta…….a cousin of the king by marriage is on that tour, along with other women. A rare album. M SOLD

Price: $900.00

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