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COMMEMORATIVE FRAMEWORK WITH RARE HISTORICAL ITALIAN FINDS COMING FROM THE COLLECTION VAN SAANEN. IT CONTAINS A HANDMADE FAN WITH AN ARTIFICIAL LEATHER SCREEN TIED WITH A ROPE TO AN IRON FRAME. HANDLE COATED WITH VEGETABLE FIBERS. THE CENTER IS HAND PAINTED WITH THE SHAPE OF A "BLACK SHIRT" WITH THE TYPICAL FEZ, UNDERLINED BY THE FASCIST MOTTO: "EGO IURO A NOI!" THE FAN IS RESTING ON A PURE SILK SCARF DECORATED WITH SWASTIKAS ALTERNATED TO THE ITALIAN FLAG WITH THE COAT OF ARMS OF SAVOY. ON THE TWO SIDES OF THE SCARF THERE ARE THE FLAGS OF THE SIX STATES THAT SOMEWAY HAVE SUPPORTED THE NAZI-FASCIST POWER: SPAIN, BRAZIL, HUNGARY, JAPAN, SWEDEN AND PORTUGAL. ON THE FRAME THERE IS A PLATE WITH THIS SENTENCE: "FOR THE VISIT OF HITLER IN ROME IN MAY 1938 ... I SWEAR: TO US!" |