SML 117
SML 117
SML 117
Set of 42 official Luce photos on postcard stock of the fighting on the Somali Front. There was not much published material on the Southern relative to the Northern Front. Spectacular photos of Somali regular and irregular troops in auction. Most stamped on reverse Sezione Storico Militare. B
Price: $1260.00
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SML 116
SML 116
Three important press photos, all captioned on reverse. The first shows the authorities inspecting the reduced command of the bands of the eman. The second shows the arrival of the first tourists to Italian Somaliland in August/September 1929. The third shows the winning entry of the competition for the construction of locally built practical wagons launched by the government of the colony. B
Price: $200.00
SML 115
Rare photo of a visit of General Graziani to Mogadishu. From the photo studio La Magna in Mogadishu. Captioned on reverse. B
Price: $60.00
SML 114
Two rare photos of the visit of the Principe di Piemonte to Mogadishu. B
Price: $90.00
SML 111
SML 111
17 photos by an Italian soldier based in Mogadishu in May, 1936. Shown are a military camp in the hinterland, local natives, Italians with local children, local nobility, rare photo of dubats on a barge, local architecture, etc. M
Price: $300.00
SML 108
Italian childrens cut out of Meharisti and Zaptie from Somaliland. 19x29cm. Rare. M
Price: $90.00
SML 106
6 Italian colonial period cigarette cards on Italian Somaliland. B
Price: $180.00
SML 104
Photos of Italian advisors to the establishment of Somalia, visiting Asmara in 1949. All photos identified on reverse. M
Price: $120.00
Note: In 1949, when the British military administration ended, Italian Somaliland became a United Nations trusteeship known as the Trust Territory of Somaliland. Under Italian administration, this trust territory lasted ten years, from 1950 to 1960, with legislative elections held in 1956 and 1959.
SML 102
SML 102
Photo of a parade in honour of Giuseppe Brusasca in Mogadishu, June 14, 1950. M
Price: $15.00
Note: Giuseppe Brusasca (1900-1994) was appointed the undersecretary of the Italian Ministry of Africa in 1951 and responsible for Somalilands transition to independence.
SML 087
Rare photo of a visit of Italian royalty (Velcovo?) to Mogadishu. m
Price: $30.00