- Original Helmet WWI - World War I - Italy 1915 With inscriptions from the same period, to be restored - Antique commemorative and patriotic handkerchief: “Italia redenta ed una per valore dei suoi soldati” - 3 NOVEMBER 1918. Cotton handkerchief - Size 49 x 52 cm. On the front: in the middle is a map of Italy on a white background, surrounded by coats of arms of Italian cities on the red margins of the handkerchief; there is also the text “Italia redenta ed una per valore dei suoi soldati / 3 November 1918” On the back: white. History: commemorative handkerchief for the Italian annexations following the World War I victory. A handkerchief with the map of Italy decorated with the coat of arms of 88 cities, both from Italy and the Balkans. It commemorates the Armistice of Villa Giusti that ended the conflict between Italy and Austria at the end of World War I. It shows the regions that Italians expected to regain as part of the “unredeemed Italy” cause (the re-annexation of Italian-speaking regions). In the secret "Treaty of London" of 1915, the Triple Entente (Britain, France and Russia) made many promises to persuade Italy to join them against Germany and Austria. However, the war ended with an armistice rather than a true victory, and the United States (who did not sign the Treaty of London) preferred a unified Yugoslavia, so Italy only recovered half of what they had been promised. The handkerchief has a missing piece in the upper right corner (around Venice) and was formerly restored with an emergency patch. In original condition