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Barry Hoffman Nazi Postcard Collection

Locarno Treaties (1925)

May 17, 2023

Accession Number: 2022.02.13.2
Stamp: Effigy Victor Emmanuel III, SN: IT-RSI 1b
Postmarks (left to right): Oval mark (purple) reads “Salle de la Conference Locarno”; Round mark (black) reads “Messagere Varese Milano 22.4.3.”
Historical Background: The Locarno Treaties were negotiated in 1925 regarding the sanctity of Germany’s western border. This primary treaty was signed by France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, and Great Britain; a number of other geopolitical agreements were reached at this same Swiss conference. According to the Library of Congress, “In 1936, Adolf Hitler denounced the Locarno Pact and sent German troops back into the Rhineland.”

 

[Front]

Locarno Treaty discussion round table.

[Back]

Written message on the back of Locarno Treaties postcard.

Front

Features black-and-white photograph print of Grandi, Scialoja, Mussolini, Rusca, Chamberlain, Hurst, Lampson at the Conference in Locarno. The bottom right-hand caption reads, “Conferenza di Locarno 5-16 Ottobre 1925.”

 

Back

Addressed to Rotterdam, Holland. An arrow pointing to the left-hand stamp and says “WO II, Oct. 1925.” Top center message reads “Messagere Varese-Milano.”

 

 

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