Somali bugler plays before a symbolic Italian army
Most Italian regiments seem to have their own postcards. Sometimes large companies in the areas of Italy from which a regiment drew its main strength, would subsidise a card which soldiers could have free, or for very little money. The actions of 1935/1936 were used by Mussolini to bolster his reputation at home by emphasising Italys place in world affairs as a colonial power. This card is a regimental one for the VIII Somali Battalion, the Leopard battalion
Picture No
13140275
Media ID
45763488
Size
3292px x 4961px
(8.8MB)
Credit
(c) Holts Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans
Usage Restrictions
Editorial Use Only
Source
Postcard Pub. V. E. Boeri, Rome. Artist Grotti
Date
circa 1936
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