description
Object description
whole: the image occupies the majority, set against a white background. The title is separate and positioned across the
top edge, in blue cursive script.
image: a bare-chested Italian soldier, holding a large hammer above his head, about to strike down on a German 'pickelhaube' in the
foreground. There are dents in the helmet and the spike has been knocked askew.
text: giù, forza, popolo-soldato!
Varino [?]
[Come on, hit, citizen-soldier!]
Physical description
A poster showcard version was also produced (see PST 3562).
Label
Exhibition caption: "Stripped to the waist, an Italian soldier takes an industrial mallet to a German pickelhaube. (In
spirit) this morale-boosting poster anticipates the images of Hungarian revolutionary propaganda of 1918-1919"
Inscription
Old No: 33915 [partially missing]
Inscription
SHOW 'EM SOME MUSCLE, WARRIOR PEOPLE.
Inscription
Old No: 33965
Inscription
33965 [the '5' is added over an original '4']
