MPH 285
2 photos of Libyan troops serving Italy. One is a press photo later used as a cover photo. SOLD
Price: $100.00
Photos and Postcards
MPH 284
3 photos of Eritrean ascaris serving in Libya in the early 1920’s.
Price: $150.00
MPH 283
Two photos of Italian troops in Libya, April 1940.
Price: $60.00
MPH 282
Two photos of Captain D’Isperzione addressing his troops upon their departure from Rome for Libya, August 1940.
Price: $100.00
MPH 281
6 photos dated 1913 from an Italian soldier based in Libya.
Price: $100.00
MPH 278
Italian press photo of the visit of Giovanni Amendola to Tripoli in 1922. Also a 1935 French press photo of an Italian military camp on the Egyptian border which was scheduled to be withdrawn.
Price: $90.00
Note: Giovanni Amendola (1882-1926) was Minister of Colonies from February 26 – October 30, 1922. A newspaper journalist and fierce critic of fascism, he was beaten severely by 15 blackshirts, which ultimately caused his death in 1926.
MPH 277
7 snaps taken by an Italian soldier based in Tripoli in 1933. Shown are indigenous military, city/port panorama, mosques, local street life, an Arab bar, rare photo of a Mahariste. All captioned and dated.
Price: $100.00
MPH 276
7 colonial period postcards of scenes and types of Libya.
Price: $210.00
MPH 274
5 1912 patriotic fantasy postcards supporting the invasion of Libya.
Price: $200.00
IEAPC 184
Satirical postcard, seven years before Italy invaded Libya. It shows Turkey holding club behind its back as it welcomes Italy. Menelick, who crushed the Italians eight years earlier is shouting out to Italy saying “Attention, Miss, this is the greatest beauty for me”.
Price: $90.00