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[Italian Minister Raffaello Ricardi and Lt. Gen. Seiffert reviewing troops in Berlin] – Vintage Wall Art

[Italian Minister Raffaello Ricardi and Lt. Gen. Seiffert reviewing troops in Berlin], 1940 Oct. 10. — historic photograph
[Italian Minister Raffaello Ricardi and Lt. Gen. Seiffert reviewing troops in Berlin], 1940 Oct. 10.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Here an Italian minister and a German lieutenant general review troops in Berlin, a scene that shows the Axis partnership on display in October 1940. The picture came from Orbis-Photo, a Berlin news photo service, and its caption card is only partly verified, so the names should be checked against other sources. Two weeks earlier, Germany, Italy and Japan had signed the Tripartite Pact in Berlin, and visits like this one helped show that the alliance was working. Such reviews were often staged for the press, so the formal lines of soldiers say as much about propaganda as about the day's events.

Created / published1940 Oct. 10.
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesPhotoprint by Orbis-Photo, Berlin. In collection: Orbis Photo news pictures. This record contains partially verified data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,036 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-160789

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