בידספיריט | Adolf Hitler Propaganda Postcard

Adolf Hitler Propaganda Postcard - A commemorative postcard produced to mark the 1939 military alliance between Germany and Italy, captioned ”Der Duce” and ”Der Fuehrer” above portraits of the two heads of state, with ”v. Ribbentrop” and ”Graf Ciano” identified below alongside the banner ”Militaerpakt Deutschland-Italien.” The reverse carries a printed emblem reading ”Militaerbuendnis Deutschland-Italien, 22. Mai 1939” depicting two helmets flanking a sword and fasces motif, along with the publisher's mark ”Kristall” and code ”ES 12.” The card commemorates the Pact of Steel, signed on 22 May 1939, formalizing the military alliance between Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, and was distributed as part of the wartime propaganda postcard series depicting Axis leadership and diplomacy. This postcard commemorates the Pact of Steel, signed in Berlin on 22 May 1939 by German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano, formalising the military alliance between Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler and Fascist Italy under Benito Mussolini. The pact committed both states to mutual military support in the event of war, cementing the Axis partnership months before the outbreak of the Second World War. Such cards formed part of a wider genre of propaganda ephemera produced to publicise Axis unity and the personal association between the two dictatorships' leaderships.