Benito Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele III Autograph Document Signed.

MUSSOLINI, Benito; Vittorio Emanuele III.

Item Number: 146850

Autograph military suspension signed by both former Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy. Small folio, one page partially printed in Italian and accomplished in manuscript, the document is dated March 27, 1927 and authorizes the suspension of Lieutenant in the Engineering Corps Pestagalli Giovanni “from rank pursuant to Articles 66 and 70 of the aforementioned law as of March 11, 1926, because he is subject to criminal proceedings.” Signed by Mussolini and Vittorio Emanuele at the lower margin. In near fine condition with a few small losses to the left edge and a small ink stain to the right edge.

Victor Emmanuel III served as the King of Italy from 1900 until his abdication in May of 1946. During his reign of nearly 46 years, which began after the assassination of his father Umberto I, the Kingdom of Italy became involved in two world wars. His reign also encompassed the birth, rise, and fall of Italian Fascism; it was Victor Emmanuel III who appointed the founder of Italian Fascism, Benito Mussolini, as Prime Minister of Italy in 1922.