Boccasile: 25 July 1944.

Bocassile: 25 July 1944. Poster derides the first anniversary of the Allied- Italian armistice and the antifascist Italian government led by King Victor Emmanuel and Badoglio who are caricatured chipping ineffectually at a fasces, the symbol of a Roman magistrate’s power to rule and execute. It’s also found on the dime. Guerri 176. 40×28 Near mint, conservation backed.

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Bocassile: 25 July 1944. Poster derides the first anniversary of the Allied- Italian armistice and the antifascist Italian government led by King Victor Emmanuel and Badoglio who are caricatured chipping ineffectually at a fasces, the symbol of a Roman magistrate’s power to rule and execute. It’s also found on the dime. 40×28 Near mint, conservation backed.

Bibliography: Guerri: Manifesti p. 176