Prints and Ephemera

ETH 179

Advertising label for Muschio Etiopico (Ethiopia Moss). m

Price: $90.00

ETH 170

1938 certificate of good health for Sohilio Silvestri issued in Alomata, Eritrea on November 10, 1938. SOLD

Price: $150.00

ETH 169

Receipt for payment to the Fascist Party in Harar for an identity card for Tenente Bardelli Constantino, March 10, 1937. Interesting photo of Bardelli and local nobles. SOLD

Price: $300.00

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Group of 16 letters sent home by Italian soldiers fighting in Ethiopia between April and September, 1936. (ew) M

Price: $800.00

ETH 117

ID card relating to African organization in Italy. SOLD

Price: 100.00

ETH 106

1930’s cut-out of an Eritrean ascaris. Size: 2x8cm. M

Price: 75.00

ETH 105Large poster of the heroes of the Battle of Makale. Size: 58x79cm.This is the lesser-known engagement that preceded the more famous and climactic battle of Adowa. Note how the Eritrean ascaris look Western and their dress and headwear is not an accurate depiction of ascaris wear at the time. SOLD

Price: 700.00

Note: Buoyed by victory at Amba Alagi, Ethiopian commander Ras Makonnen advanced north to besiege the Italian invaders at Makale, heroically defended by a small garrison under Major Guiseppe Galliano. The Italians repulsed many heavy assaults, inflicting costly losses, but were starved into capitulation then permitted to withdraw northeast to Adowa. The siege lasted from December 1, 1895 to January 20, 1896.

IEA-P-EPH 253

Italian manifesto relating to the valor shown at Amba Alagi in 1895. Size 20.5x32cm. M

Price: $110.00

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1932 letter from the head of the port authority at Massaua. SOLD

Price: $20.00