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WW1 Italian Recruiting Poster 'Do Your Duty' By Achilles Mauzan circa 1917

Description: A rare & original surviving example of a World War One Italian Recruiting Poster “Everyone Must Do His Duty’ c.1917 The pointing Infantryman evolved from the 1914 British poster ‘Your Country Needs You’ in which British Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchenerpointed his finger directly at his audience (The American Army used a similar pointing figure of Uncle Sam on it's recruiting posters) Backed by the Italian Credit Union(Prestito Credito Italiano)this impressive smaller version of the larger street-pasted posterswould have hung in bars & restaurants across Italyand urges the population: "Fate tutti il vostro dovere!" ("Everyone must do their Duty!") Designed by Achille Mauzan (1883-1952) his decision to use an anonymous soldier was a response to Italy’s internal political situation for at the beginning of the Great War, Italy had only been a nation for fifty years and had still not formed a sense of national identity. Many Italians were also suspicious of their political leaders unpopular decision to join the war in May 1915 and so,lacking a well-known equivalent of Lord Kitchener,Mauzan incorporated an ordinary Italian soldier. Printed by Stab G. Modiano & C- Milano onto a card backing & still retaining its original hanging cord, it measures approx. 13” x 9.5” and despite a few tiny scrapes to the image on the front, and with several knocks & nibbles at the corners, (as you’d expect after 107 years), this rare WW-I recruiting poster remains in a remarkably good condition… A superb Italian Home Front souvenir of The Great War... Thanks for looking..!

Price: 495 GBP

Location: Winchester, Hampshire

End Time: 2024-12-20T15:31:59.000Z

Shipping Cost: 38.69 GBP

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Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued

The Western Front: Flanders

G. Modiano: Sicily

Tyrol: Turin

Ypres: Somme

Iron Cross: Victoria Cross

Country/ Organization: Italy

Your Country Needs You: Lord Kitchener

Verdun: Loos

Marne: Maine

Fate tutti il vostro dovere!: Uncle Sam

Imperial Germany: Kaiser Wilhelm

BEF: British Expeditionary Force

The Great War: Recruiting Poster

Service: Home Front

Milano: Prestito Credito Italiano

Belgian: France

Passchendale: Vimy Ridge

Type: Documents & Maps

Milan: Chemins des Dames

Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)

Era: 1914-1945

Theme: Militaria

Country/Region of Manufacture: Italy

Canadian Expeditionary Force: American Expeditionary Force

Achilles Mauzan: 1917

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