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L'angelo e il soldato (The angel and the soldier), ca. 1942

National Library of Medicine

Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.
  • White female angel tending to wounded White male soldier on battlefield, with cannon in background.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    L'angelo e il soldato – la ferita
    [Stamp] Cent 30 Poste Italiane
    [Postmark] Milano Ferrovia Corr.09-21 15 X 19XX
    Orfani di Guerra opera naz. Mezzogiorno d'italia P. Semeria e P. Minozzi-Milano-Via Meravigli 7
    Proprietà Riservata
    Stab. Pezzini – Milano IV – 1942 XX
    [Illegible handwriten note and address]

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    The angel and the soldier – The wound
    [Stamp] 30 Cents Italian Post
    [Postmark] Milan Railway Correspondence 09-21 15 X 19XX
    Orphans of war National Work of Southern Italy P. Semeria and P. Minozzi-Milan-Meravigli Street no. 7
    All rights reserved
    Printed by Pezzini – Milan IV – 1942 XX
    [Illegible handwriten note and address]

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