È Meglio Vivere un Giorno da Leone Che Cento Anni da Pecora Con Fede Pura Come Questa Foglia di Rame [It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep with faith as pure as this leaf of copper]
![È Meglio Vivere un Giorno da Leone Che Cento Anni da Pecora Con Fede Pura Come Questa Foglia di Rame [It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep with faith as pure as this leaf of copper]](http://wolfsonian.org/sites/default/files/object/84.1.51.JPG "È Meglio Vivere un Giorno da Leone Che Cento Anni da Pecora Con Fede Pura Come Questa Foglia di Rame [It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep with faith as pure as this leaf of copper]")
- Title : È Meglio Vivere un Giorno da Leone Che Cento Anni da Pecora Con Fede Pura Come Questa Foglia di Rame [It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep with faith as pure as this leaf of copper]
- Artist: Unknown, Maker
- Accession: 84.1.51
- Country: Italy
- Date: 1935
- Dimensions: Inches 4 6, Centimeters 10.2 15.2
- Collection: Object
- Collection Theme: Colonialism
- Subject: Fascism , Medal/Medallion/Medallic Design , Colonialism
- Credit Line: The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
- URL: 84.1.51.JPG
- Tags: Colonialism
Description:
Ethiopian War Contraband plaque; rectangular copper sheet with fasces at center surrounded by fascist motto which translates to "It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep, with faith as pure as this leaf of copper".
