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The Picture Postcard as Art: Images from the Golden Era (#85MG) Closed

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Lot 172MILITARY WORLD WAR II: 1945 series of five photographs of the execution of Benito Mussolini & his mistress Clara Petacci & another that appears to be an effigy of Adolf Hitler. Gruesome stuff but they are not first generation prints so are very grainy. [With the original envelope in which they were bought by a US soldier at the Esso gas station in Milan where the bodies were hung from meathooks] (7 items)

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The Picture Postcard as Art: Images from the Golden Era (#85MG) Closed

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  • MILITARY WORLD WAR II: 1945 series of five photographs of the execution of Benito Mussolini & his mistress Clara Petacci & another that appears to be an effigy of Adolf Hitler. Gruesome stuff but they are not first generation prints so are very grainy. [W
  • MILITARY WORLD WAR II: 1945 series of five photographs of the execution of Benito Mussolini & his mistress Clara Petacci & another that appears to be an effigy of Adolf Hitler. Gruesome stuff but they are not first generation prints so are very grainy. [W - 2
  • MILITARY WORLD WAR II: 1945 series of five photographs of the execution of Benito Mussolini & his mistress Clara Petacci & another that appears to be an effigy of Adolf Hitler. Gruesome stuff but they are not first generation prints so are very grainy. [W - 3
  • MILITARY WORLD WAR II: 1945 series of five photographs of the execution of Benito Mussolini & his mistress Clara Petacci & another that appears to be an effigy of Adolf Hitler. Gruesome stuff but they are not first generation prints so are very grainy. [W - 4
  • MILITARY WORLD WAR II: 1945 series of five photographs of the execution of Benito Mussolini & his mistress Clara Petacci & another that appears to be an effigy of Adolf Hitler. Gruesome stuff but they are not first generation prints so are very grainy. [W - 5
  • MILITARY WORLD WAR II: 1945 series of five photographs of the execution of Benito Mussolini & his mistress Clara Petacci & another that appears to be an effigy of Adolf Hitler. Gruesome stuff but they are not first generation prints so are very grainy. [W - 6