IV Brigata Coloniale [IV Colonial Brigade]

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IV Brigata Coloniale [IV Colonial Brigade]
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  • Title :     IV Brigata Coloniale [IV Colonial Brigade]
  • Artist:     Vittorio Emanuel Boeri Artist Casa Editrice d'Arte V. E. Boeri Publisher
  • Accession:     TD1992.136.4
  • Country:     Italy Rome
  • Date:     circa 1914 1945
  • Dimensions:     Inches 10-3/4 18-1/8, Centimeters 27.3 46
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
  • Collection Theme:     War and Political Propaganda
  • Subject:     Colonialism , Imperialism , War/Military , Figurative , Propaganda
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1992.136.4.JPG
  • Tags:     Colonialism~War and Political Propaganda~Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
Description:
Ink, graphite, brown, orange, and yellow gouache design drawing of two images depicting the obverse and reverse sides of a commemorative medal; image for obverse design features profiles of two negroid males in formal military uniform holding rifles set against a desert background of sand dunes; image for reverse design features an orange and yellow striped banner with Italian inscriptions entangled by a cactus plant.