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• PONTI, EMILIO (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 2000-03-10

  Italian NCO served with Italian Army in North Africa, 1940-1941; POW in North Africa and GB, 1941-1945

• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Keating G (Capt)

  The Italian Offensive 1940 - 1941: Italian prisoners captured at Sidi Barrani are marched into captivity.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943: PERSONALITIES

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Keating G (Capt)

  General A Berganzoli, Commander of the Italian X Army which was defeated by the British in 1941. Photographed after his capture.

• Italian M1891/38 short rifle

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Reale Fabbrica d'Armi, Terni, Italy 1940

  This rifle was a modification of the standard Italian Model 1891 infantry rifle (see FIR 7232). It owes its existence to the difficult situation in which the Italian Army found itself upon entering the Second World War. It had been intended to change the...

• cooking set, aluminium

  (equipment) Made by: Nitto

  captured at Tobruk in 1941

• Italian shortened M1870 bayonet & scabbard

  (weapons and ammunition)

  This shortened version of the Italian Model 1870 bayonet was issued during the First World War for use with the Model 1870/87/15 rifle (see FIR 8150). The bayonet was a simple conversion of the Model 1870 bayonet (see WEA 67), with the blade shortened...

• belt buckle, handmade

  (souvenirs and ephemera) 1944

  Made by B Angelo for donor's mother; see correspondence.

• ring, handmade

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Made for donor by Italian POWs.

• 45/5 Modello 35 Brixia

  (weapons and ammunition)

  The Italian Army's Brixia was regarded as one of the most needlessly complicated mortar designs used by any of the Second World War combatants. It embodied a number of novel features including a magazine holding ten propelling cartridges and a gas port...

• Fucile di Fanteria M1870/87 & Vetterli-Vitali M70/87

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Fabbrica d'Armi di Terni, Terni, Italy 1889

  The Italian 10.35mm Model 1870/87 infantry rifle employed a bolt action mechanism developed by Friedrich Vetterli, whose design was adopted by the Swiss Army in 1869. Initially the Italian rifle was issued as a single-loader but, from 1887, was adapted...

• Fiat 18 BC 2.5 ton truck

  (vehicles, aircraft and ships)

  Fiat was the principal supplier of Italian military medium and heavy trucks, and this particular type was produced between 1913-1915.

• Glisenti M1910

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Metallurgica Bresciana gia Tempini, Brescia, Italy

  The Glisenti pistol was promoted as a possible service pistol for the Italian Army early in the 20th Century. The origins of the design are obscure, but the locking mechanism is probably based on a Swiss-patented system of 1903. The Glisenti was...

• Beretta M1934

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Valtrompia, Italy 1937

  The Beretta M1934 was the most successful of a series of pistols produced by Beretta for the Italian Army. It was designed by Beretta's chief designer, Tullio Marengoni, in response to a military decision to replace all existing service pistols with a...

• Date Denaro per la Vittoria [Donate Money for Victory]

  (posters) Made by: Lionne, E (artist) 1916

  whole: the image occupies the majority, with the title and text separate and positioned across the bottom edge, in red. Further text is integrated and positioned in the lower left, in black. All set against a white background. image: a girl and an...

• Banca Italiana di Sconto [Italian Discount Bank]

  (posters) Made by: Giruy [?] (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the whole, with the title integrated and positioned in the lower third, in red outlined green. The text is integrated and positioned across the top edge, in white cursive script. image: an artillery gun surrounded by a sea of...

• Beretta M1934

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Pietro Beretta SpA, Gardone Valtrompia, Italy 1940

  The Beretta M1934 was the most successful of a series of pistol produced by Beretta for the Italian Army. It was designed by Beretta's chief designer, Tullio Marengoni, in response to a military decision to replace all existing service pistols with a...

• Date il Vostro Denaro [Give Your Money]

  (posters) Made by: Sezanne, A (artist) 1916

  whole: the image is positioned in the upper two-thirds. The title and text are positioned in the lower third, in red outlined black. All set against a red background. image: a shoulder-length depiction of an Italian machine gunner, lying on the ground...

• Sottoscrivete al Prestito [Subscribe to the Loan]

  (posters) Made by: Finozzi, U (artist) 1916

  whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, held within a black border. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper left, in black. The text is integrated and positioned in the lower half, in red. The additional text is separate and...

• Cacciali Via! [Send Them Back!]

  (posters) Made by: Finozzi, U (artist) 1916

  whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is separate and positioned in the lower quarter, in blue. The text is separate and positioned along the bottom edge, in red. The title and text are held within a grey area. All held within a narrow black...

• Generale Buttafuoco

  (art) Made by: Freeth, Hubert Andrew (RA) 1942

  image: A head and shoulder portrait of General Buttafuoco in uniform, facing slightly away from the viewer.