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Auction: 16043 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 130

Documents
Italy
Army Generals, 1921-24
An album of mounted portrait photographs of senior commanders in the Italian Army, each is dedicated to Al Tenente Generale Luigi Basso with handwritten dedication and signature at foot of each.


The collection begins with members of the royal family with Vittorio Emanuele (King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946); Umberto di Savoia (the last King of Italy, reigning for slightly over a month, from 9 May to 12 June 1946); Prince Filiberto, Duke of Genoa with additional cabinet photograph dated 1902; Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin; Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta; Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta; Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo.



Military commanders with Armando Diaz (Marshal of Italy and 1st Duke of the Victory), with additional typewritten note signed "A. Diaz"; Pietro Badoglio (an Italian general during both World Wars and a Prime Minister of Italy, as well as the first viceroy of Italian East Africa) with an additional signed photograph; Gaetano Giardino (made Marshal of Italy in 1926); Enrico Caviglia (appointed Marshal of Italy in 1926); Giulio Cesare Tassoni; Paolo Morrone; Luca Montuori; Benito Mussolini (dated 1926 when he was prime minister); Ugo Cavallero; Rear-Admiral Lobetti Bodoni; Giuseppe Vaccari (awarded the gold medal for valor at the battle of Vittorio Veneto); Vincenzo di Benedetto; Lisi Natoli and one other. A magnificent collection. Photo

Lieutenant General Busso was the senio r officer of the XVIII Corps which included the 1st, 10th and 56th infantry divisions. His command here is mentioned on some of the photgraphs. It appears that many of these generals were present in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto, which saw the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and, shortly afterwards, the end of the First World War

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Estimate
£5,000 to £6,000