Italian-German Brotherhood of Arms - 50 centesimo

Italian-German Brotherhood of Arms - 50 centesimo

Year
1941
Face Value
50
Mint Value
-
Used Value
-
Print Run
170000
Themes
Personalities

Catalogs References

Michel
IT-LY 120
Yvert & Tellier
IT-LY 90
Stanley Gibbons
LY 127

Technical Details

Colors
violet
Size
24 x 40 mm
Perforation
14
Printing
Photogravure
Designer
Giuseppe Rondini
Printers
IPS Off. Carte Valori (Officina Governativa Carte Valori)
This commemorative stamp highlights the wartime alliance between Italy and Germany during World War II, explicitly themed around political and military solidarity. The illustration features side-by-side profile portraits of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini facing left, accompanied by the slogan "Due Popoli, Una Guerra" ("Two Peoples, One War").To the left, a German eagle grasping a swastika stands alongside a Roman fasces, visually merging the totalitarian symbols of both regimes into a single statement of shared ideological purpose. Issued for use in colonial Libya, the stamp functions as wartime propaganda designed to project an image of unbreakable Axis unity, military coordination, and institutional authority over North African territories during the Western Desert Campaign.