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Signed Photo of Benito Mussolini (Item I-FAS 3-1) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is something that one of our staff advisors had in his own collection for 35 years. Only recently did this person decide to finally offer it. This is simply a treasure, indeed. It is a picture of the young Il Duce with a nice, bold pen-and-ink signature at the bottom. The picture is framed in an original Italian frame with green and gold trim. The photo measures 6 x 9 1/2 inches. The frame measures 16 1/2 x 20 1/2. Now, for the ‘kicker;’ the frame has double-sided glass and on the backside is mounted an original letter from the Royal Vice Consul of Italy announcing that a lady in Buffalo, New York was hereby receiving this autographed picture of His Excellency, Benito Mussolini in recognition of Mrs. Van Clief’s sincere friendship for Italy and Fascism. The vice consul signs this letter in handwriting. The letter is dated May 11, 1929 (VII). This Mrs. Helen Ingram Van Clief was of the very well known and respectable family, Van Clief, on Delaware Avenue, the street where all the rich and noble families of the western N.Y. city lived in stately mansions. These people were very wary of the communist-led menace (and rightfully so) and that, more than any other reason, is why they financially supported Hitler and Mussolini, who seemed to promise the defeat of the communist rabble. This is without a doubt a fantastic historical relic and will be appreciated by every WWII historian as a rare and exciting find.
PRICE: $3,800.00 Special offering for a short time only--$1,800.00. “A super bargain on such an important historical item.” |
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Book GIL-Jugend in Italien (Item I-FAS 3-4) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is a book published in Berlin with a foreword written by German National Youth Leader Balder von Schirach. The book comprises 93 pages; almost 100 percent pictorial of the Italian Fascist Youth Movement (GIL). It portrays the Italian youth in ceremonies at work and at recreation. No matter what the 21-century historians say, here was the healthiest youth group other than the HJ that the world will ever witness: morally, physically, with ideals unmatched in the annals of history. This was truly greater imperial Rome unveiled once again and these GIL youth were destined to become its praetorians and centurions. The last picture is this fabulous book says it all! Here was the Caucasian future, secure and bright: then tragedy in 1945. I’ll say no more. The book measures 11 x 8 inches and the spine is a little loose.
PRICE: $350.00; rare and great |
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Book Mussolini Erlebt Deutschland (Item I-FAS 3-5; AH 18-3) |
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| DESCRIPTION: The book Mussolini Experiences Germany is a 100-page pictorial of the visit of the Italian leader to Germany in 1937 (a good year), with a foreword by Dr. Otto Dietrich, the Reich’s press chief. It was produced by Heinrich Hoffmann, the Führer’s personal photographer and one of his closest friends. Fully pictorial, this is a photographer’s masterpiece. It has great photos of the Führer and Il Duce plus all the ceremonies. You will see the gaily bedecked streets of Berlin and Munich, many of the NSDAP and Fascist leaders, adoring crowds, important buildings, etc. This is a fantastic book that brings to life the glory days of the German and Fascist Reichs. There is a sheet that is a Christmas greeting tucked inside that presents this pictorial work as a gift, with a facsimile signature of the Reichsschassmeister. What a great volume in good shape and prodigiously important to the person who is interested in this stage of the Pact of Steel to later emerge.
PRICE: $375.00 |
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German-Italian Military Solidarity Pin (silver) (Item I-FAS 3-6; WAF 7-3) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This is a really nicely designed pin. See “About Our Rings and Silver Insignia” on our home page. This was something designed for the unit, and its eventual destination was to be an insignia of the Italian Waffen-SS. The predominate themes are the fasces of Rome and the Roman legion swords known as the “Gladius.” In the center is the Hakenkreuz, or swastika. The other Germanic addition is the oak leaves that form a background for the design. The insignia is made of heavy ‘800’ silver and is so marked. It measures about 2 inches long by 1 inch high. This is a great and rare WII insignia.
PRICE: SOLD |
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State Portrait of Benito Mussolini (Item I-FAS 3-7; ART MASTER 1-7) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is an epic-proportion oil on canvas likeness of the Italian WWII leader, His Excellency Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, born July 29, 1883-murdered April 28, 1945. All the stern command is reflected in his eyes as you look at this remarkable likeness of the great man. Every feature including the grand fascist uniform is painstakingly featured. The colors are bright and vibrant; the detail wonderful. You know he did more for the Italian people than “make the trains run on time.” It is not framed and it has not been put on a stretcher. This will account for the slight wrinkles you will see here. We prefer to mail the portrait rolled in a tube since the packaging and shipping of a framed portrait is quite expensive. However, we can do it if necessary. We can talk to you on that option. This portrait done in anywhere near this professionalism would cost many times the amount we ask if accomplished in the U.S. So, this is one super bargain! Just look at it! To see more about Mussolini go to Item IFAS 3-2.
PRICE: $1,100.00 |
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Turkish Magazine Cover (comical) (Item I-FAS 3-8) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is a hilariously funny magazine cover with Il Duce dressed as Nero or Caesar carrying the fasces of Rome, and tucked between the axe portion and the bundle of sticks are a bunch of rather distraught Ethiopians who have been executed by Fascist Italy at the whim of this new “Caesar Imperium.” The magazine itself is from 1936 and is just political propaganda in jocular presentation with some clever cartoons and comment. It’s the cover that is worth framing.
PRICE: SOLD |
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Book MAGIO XIV, subtitle Italia e. Germania (Item I-FAS 3-9) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This book, published in Rome, celebrates the Rome-Berlin axis. There are 89 pages of text in Italian and 64 pages of great black-and-white photos that for the most part are previously unpublished in other books. Some of the images are full-page 8 x 12s and others are two to a page with 7 x 5/12-inch absolutely “great” pictures of a great-but-doomed brotherhood of Imperium! Many of the pictures depict what was the glory of ancient Rome then being relived under Il Duce, Benito Mussolini. Also shown was the resurgence of Germany into a proud now-industrious Germany under the leadership of Adolf Hitler and the unity of the two great powers toward one goal The early putsches by Duce and Führer are shown in period pictures as well as the march on Rome and Hitler’s beer-hall putsch that paved the way to power for these men and their ideals. This is a fine historically important book that should be preserved. It’s in good shape except for an unserious stain here and there. The binding is a little loose, but holding. It measures 9 x 12 1/2 inches by 1/2 inch thick.
PRICE: $285.00 |
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Album that Records a Visit to German West Africa (Item I-FAS 3-10; ALBUM 1-7; WEHR 26-7) |
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| DESCRIPTION: This appears to be a record in pictures of a visit by Italian dignitaries to the German colonies in West Africa. We see palm trees in the pictures that abound. The pictures may also show return hospitality shown to German Wehrmacht officials in Italian-held African territories. In any case, something important is going on. There are 26 photos all in sharp black and white ranging in size from 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 to 7 x 4 1/2 inches. We don’t know exactly what’s going on, but these are great pictures of the era. The album is 13 x 9 inches with Wehrmacht eagle embossed in the upper-left corner.
PRICE: $225.00 |
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Songbook of the Soldiers' “Canzoniere del Soldato” (Item I-FAS 3-12) |
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| DESCRIPTION: Here is an official issued songbook for Mussolini’s troops in the field. It’s just a great little souvenir of Italy’s armed forces. The cover is great with soldiers, sailors, airman, and mountain troopers all assembled for a sing along. Inside the front cover is a map of the Second Front against Soviet Bolshevism, with a strong statement by Il Duce. When folded out there is another map of the Mediterranean region where Italy’s war was to be fought. Inside are some photos including a great picture of Mussolini in his classic Roman Imperium stance. Other pictures are also to be seen along with the song sheets throughout. The songbook comprises 59 pages of songs with a great cartoon at the rear that is anti English, pro German and Italian and Fascist. This is a very rare, little number.
PRICE: SOLD |
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