WW 131
WW 131
British model cut-out book of a tank, bomber and aircraft carrier, for children during the war. ASK FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: $180.00
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Set of 16 postcards of the Alexander Club in Rome, occupied by British officers in late 1944/early 1945. M
Price: $350.00
WW 121
Complete set of 6 anti-German Dutch postcards from World War 2. m
Price: $220.00
WW 118
WW 118
Group of 8 vintage humor postcards of Italian cavalry uniforms from the late 19th century. M
Price: $180.00
WW 117Archive belonging to a Colonel Prato Filberto, who fought on the Italian Front in World War 1. He commanded the 159th Regiment and also the 160th Regiment, so he was likely a Brigade Commander. Included are his service records, decorative list of officers in the 159th, numerous official letters as well as trench maps. The most remarkable piece is a diary of daily events on the battlefield in the mountains. He had to file daily reports and and with ink paper kept a copy of the original he dispatched daily. The archive includes a 55 page diary of daily dispatches to his officers during the fighting. It appears to cover a battle that took place over 2 days. The actions was referred to as “Rocetta” and “Quota 1186”. He discusses the order to attack Austrian troops moving down Mt. Mrzli, 
WW 117dropping 22 bombs on them, then a listing of the losses of troops, ordering the recovery of machine guns lost during the battle, wondering where the parts for the machine guns are as they were shipped on March 22, ordering 26 boxes of bombs, ordering his troops to advance on the Austrian trenches after the bombing halts, later he passes the head of the regiment to Major Campanella and thanks all his soldiers and officers, from General Berardi he is given total authority as commander for the next attackHe discusses how the weather was so cold that he slept in a grave to keep warm. The maps of the Italian trenches are a good addition to the booklet of dispatches. There is also a 7 page letter covering 4 days during the Libyan War of 1911. His service record is as follows:
Started military school 1st October 1878
WW 1171st Lieutenant at 4th Infantry Regmt. in 1880
Promoted Lieutenant in the same Regmt.
Promoted Captain at 7th Infantry Rgmt. 1888
Promoted Major at 3rd ALPINI (mountain troops) Rgmt. 1898
Liutenant Colonel at 82nd Infantry Rgmt. 1903
Colonel at 3rd Infantry Rgmt. 1909
Libia campaign 14th November 1911 - 26th September 1912, left active duty afterwards
Recalled for war service, Italian Austrian campaign, at 159th Infantry Rgmt. 10th April 1915
Promoted Major General at the Supreme Headquarter 1916
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Retired 1919
Decorations: Knight of Italian Crown order, Knight of St.Maurice and Lazarus order, Officer of Italian Crown order, Gold cross with crown for long service (40 years), 2nd class Cross of St.Stanislaus order (Russian order given from Czar Nicholaus II), Commander of Italian Crown order, Italian War Cross
This archive gives fascinating insight into all the details involved in an attack in World War 1 trench warfare. N ASK FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: $2000.00
WW 111
WW 111
Italian Social Republica propaganda against the Allies. M
Price: $200.00
WW 110
Italian Social Republica propaganda leaflet. M
Price: $90.00
WW 107
Italian Social Republica propaganda over the Allied bombing of a school in Milan killing 300 children. ASK FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: $120.00
WW 105
WW 105
Italian Social Republica propaganda showing the futility of an Allied invasion of Europe (after Italy had been invaded). M
Price: $120.00
WW 104
Italian handbook from 1939 translating German phrases into Italian. M
Price: $90.00
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Set of 38 Italian humor postcards by G. Perol entitled 1919 The Peace Congress as Seen in Caricature. Shown are USA, India, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia, Australia, Romania, Italy, South Africa, Canada, England, Japan, France, Germany and Belgium. AH
Price: $1000.00
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Set of 10 Italian humor postcards by G. Perol entitled 1914-1918 Victors and Vanquished as Seen in Caricature. Shown are USA, Austria, England, France, Italy and Belgium. m AH
Price: $300.00
WW 100
WW 100
Complete set of 12 Italian postcards produced in 1942 by illustrator A.G. Santagata for the Associazione Nazionale Mutilati e Invalidi di Guerra. m
Price: $600.00
WW 096
WW 096
Complete set of 6 postcards issued, plus cover, produced in 1936 commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Bersaglieri. M
Price: $400.00
Note: The Bersaglieri (Marksmen in English) are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora on 18 June 1836 to serve in the Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, later to become the Royal Italian Army. They have always been a high-mobility light infantry unit, and can still be recognized by the distinctive wide brimmed hat that they wear (only in dress uniform in modern times), decorated with black feathers. The feathers are usually applied to their combat helmets. Another distinctive trait of the Bersaglieri is the fast jog pace they keep on parades, instead of marching.
WW 095
WW 095
Complete set of 10 Italian postcards from 1928 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the Italian victory. Done for the Associazione Nazionale Combattenti. M
Price: $400.00
WW 092
Near complete set of World War 1 Italian humor postcards, produced in 1917. Artwork by Luigi Raemaekers. 60 cards in total. Series I, II, III, IV, V and VIII. Three original covers included as well, which is rare. AH B
Price: $900.00
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WW 086
Collection of 38 letters from different POW’s in German camps during World War 1. Letters are to relatives in France, Italy, Tunisia and Algeria. M
Price: $380.00
WW 085
Collection of 5 POW letters from Marius Genot to his wife in Paris, from a German POW camp in 1941. ASK FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: $70.00
WW 084
WW 084Archive of letters from a French prisoner, Auguste Pomarede to his wife, Clarinde Pomarede living in Colombiers, Herault, France. He was a POW at a Camp W in Landshut, Germany, during World War 1 and was with the 12th Company of the 96th Infantry of the 16th Army Corp. There is also correspondence from Clarinde to Augustus before his capture. There is an additional group of correspondence from a French dragoon named Francois, in a hospital in Toulouse and elsewhere (perhaps her brother). There is also correspondence to her from the Association des parents des disparus et des prisonniers de Guerre, as well as other prisoner-related French institutuins during and after the war. 243 letters in all, of which 197 are from Auguste to his wife. He was quite prolific. The other letters make the collection that much richer. ASK FOR AVAILABILITY
Price: $2000.00
WW 081Photo album of a senior Italian officers (2nd lieutenant to captain from the uniform) funeral in Northern Italy during the Social Republica period. 21 photos. M
Price: $320.00
Note: The Italian Social Republic, (in Italian, Repubblica Sociale Italiana or RSI) was a puppet state of Nazi Germany during the later part of World War II (from 1943 until 1945). It was the second and last incarnation of the Fascist Italian state and it was led by Duce Benito Mussolini and his reformed Republican Fascist Party. The state declared Rome as its capital, but was de facto centered on Salò, a small town on Lake Garda, near Brescia, where Mussolini and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was headquartered.
WW 081 The RSI exercised nominal sovereignty in northern and central Italy, but was largely dependent on German troops to maintain control. In July 1943, after the Allied forces had pushed Italy out of North Africa and subsequently invaded Sicily, the Grand Fascist Council, with the support of King Victor Emmanuel III, had overthrown and arrested Mussolini. The new government began secret peace negotiations with the Allied powers. When an armistice was announced in September, Germany was prepared and quickly intervened. Germany seized control of the northern half of Italy, freed Mussolini and brought him to the German-occupied area to establish a satellite regime. The RSI was proclaimed on 23 September 1943. Although the RSI claimed most of the lands of Italy as rightfully belonging to it, it held political control over a vastly reduced portion of Italy. The RSI only received diplomatic recognition from Germany, Japan and their puppet states.
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