VITTORIA MUSSOLINI WEDDING ALBUM (WORLDWIDE PRESS-CLIPPINGS) 1937
Large leather ornate album with satin liners, presentation case, original, screw pins secure pages, 60 leaves (120 pages), decorated with gilt borders & margins, prepared by the Italian state, 46 cms x 36.5 cms x 9.7 cms, condition: very good.
newspapers represented in the album are
1.La Sera-Milano, Il Popolo di Roma, LAmeroslano-Milano, Il Giornale DItalia-Roma, LUnione Tunisi, La Finanza DItalia-Miliano, Il Mattino-Napoli, Corriere Del Tirreno- Livorno, Radiocorriere-Torino, LIllustrazione Italiana-Milano, Corriere Di Hararino-Dire Daua, Sentinella DItalalia-Cuneo, Gazzetta DellEmilia Modena, La Vedetta DItalia-Fiume, Il Popolo Del Friuli-Udine, IL Lavoro Fascista-Roma, Il RestoDel Carlino-Bologna, LAmbroslano-Milano, Roma-Napoli, Cronaca Prealpina-Varese, L. Piccolo Della Sera- Trieste, La Nazione-Firenze, Solco Fascista- Reggio Emilla, Corriere DellIrpinia-Avellinocilia, Il Popolo Di Sicilia-Catania, La Provincia Di Bolzano, LAdriatico Della Sera-Ancona, Il Lavoro-Genova, Corriere Eritreo-Asmara, Il Secolo XIX- Genova, Corriere Adriatico-Ancona, Il Regime Fascista-Cremona, Il Messaggero-Roma
and many others incl. English & American newspapers, also incl. letter (copy) relating to provenance of the album.
Benito Mussolini's son Vittorio married Ms. Orsola Buvoli in Rome on February 6th 1937.
Vittorio Mussolini was the second child of Benito Mussolini. He was the first officially acknowledged son of Mussolini. Mussolini served as a Lieutenant in the Italian Royal Air Force. He participated in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War, the Spanish Civil War, and World War II.
Album salvaged from the City of Lincoln, 1946 off Pringle Bay, South Africa
The SS City of Lincoln was a British freighter that ran aground in the early hours of 9 November 1946 at Quoin Point on the coast of the southern Overberg. This led to one of the biggest salvage efforts ever in South Africa.
The ship made several trips to Malta in the Second World War . At the end of 1946 it was on its way to South Africa with vehicles for the visit of King George VI to the country in 1947. When the ship ran into trouble, the captain ordered several of the cars to be thrown overboard to lighten the ship. It was in vain.
The Dutch salvage specialist, Capt. Dirk van Delden, and his assistant died in an explosion during the salvage of the ship. In addition, the tugboats sent to rescue the cargo and try to float the ship both run aground. Finally the ship was towed to Cape Town on 10 March 1947 . There it was dismantled and the rest of the wreckage was scuttled by the air force at Robben Island in May 1950. (also incl. book on Dirk van Delden and the salvage of the City of Lincoln)
