ETH 373
May 9, 1940 25 pages special supplement for the journal Africa Italiana titled Impero e Autarchia. SOLD
Price: $150.00
Prints and Ephemera
ETH 372
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 SOLD
Price: $90.00
ETH 369
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. EH
Price: $250.00
ETH 363
ETH 363
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. SOLD
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.
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ETH 358
33 page catalogue for Calderoni, published in 1937. B
Price: $120.00
Note: Calderoni was established in 1840 in Milan’s Via della Lupa, known today as Via Torino. At that time, Milan was a romantic city, dominated by the Habsburg dynasty. In 1870, Calderoni opened a prestigious establishment in Piazza Duomo, which soon became a point of reference for the city’s aristocracy. Calderoni became the official supplier of the House of Savoy and its prestigious customers included the nobility and royal houses of Europe. In 1942, Calderoni moved to Via Montenapoleone, symbol and centre of Italian luxury in the European Capital of fashion, design and the jewelry, remains Calderoni’s flagship store in Italy to this day.
ETH 353
Very rare accounting of the 1st Battalion Indigenous Eritrean troops wounded and killed during the Italian invasion of Libya in 1912. It gives the soldiers name, grade, nature of the injury and any annotations. 10 sheets in total, as well as a telegram reporting on the death of an Eritrean soldier from a head shot. B
Price: $1800.00
ETH 352
Two ID cards and passes issued by the Governor of Eritrea in 1939. B
Price: $200.00
ETH 350
February 1935 issues of Science it Monde, featuring Abyssinia on the cover. SOLD
Price: $90.00
ETH 348
1936 issue of Akbaba, with cover reading: “Mussolini - Abyssinia became Fascist!”. B
Price: $90.00