{"product_id":"original-italian-pre-wwii-1929-aluminum-fasces-wall-plaque-by-perani-brescia-foundry-on-wooden-display-board-8-x-12","title":"Original Italian Pre-WWII 1929 Aluminum Fasces Wall Plaque by Perani Brescia Foundry on Wooden Display Board - 8 ¾ x 12 ½”","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is an interesting original Italian Fascist-era aluminum wall plaque dated \u003cb\u003e1929, Anno VII\u003c\/b\u003e, mounted to a wooden display board. The plaque depicts a fasces incorporating a lion's head and bears both Roman and Arabic-era dating in the form \u003cb\u003eANNO VII\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMCMXXIX\u003c\/b\u003e. The fasces, a bound bundle of rods commonly incorporating an axe, originated as a symbol of authority in ancient Italy and Rome and was later adopted as a principal emblem of the Italian Fascist movement.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis example is entirely correct for the Italian Fascists during the Pre-WWII to WWII period. This lovely aluminum plaque appears to have been made in 1929, the 7th year of the Italian Fascist regime. The plaque depicts the fasces with a lion’s head and the text:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eANNO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVII\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMCM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eXXIX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFLLI PERANI BRESCIA\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inscriptions identify the piece as dating to \u003cb\u003e1929, the seventh year of the Fascist Era\u003c\/b\u003e, and the lower marking indicates manufacture by \u003cb\u003eF.lli Perani of Brescia\u003c\/b\u003e. The Fascist Era calendar was reckoned from October 28, 1922, and \u003cb\u003eAnno VII\u003c\/b\u003e extended from October 28, 1928 through October 27, 1929, making the two date markings consistent with one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe plaque has been mounted to a wooden board measuring \u003cb\u003e 8 ¾ x 12 ½” \u003c\/b\u003ewith the original hanging piece attached to the back. The back of the wood piece is inscribed:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUDANO FRANCESCO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVEFERE SCRITTO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDIETRO IL FASCIO\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancesco Sudano\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWritten Evidence\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBehind the Fascio\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis may denote there is a marking on the back of the fasces itself, but we could not take it off to check. The back hanging piece is inscribed\u003cb\u003e S F\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fasces had a much older history than its twentieth-century political use. In ancient Rome it served as an emblem associated with the authority and jurisdiction of magistrates, traditionally represented by a bundle of rods bound around an axe. Italian Fascism deliberately revived the symbol as a visual reference to Roman authority, discipline, and state power, and it became one of the most recognizable emblems used on Fascist-era architecture, monuments, plaques, uniforms, and official objects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis dated \u003cb\u003e1929 \/ Anno VII\u003c\/b\u003e example is particularly useful as a period decorative artifact because it retains its maker marking, original wooden presentation board, hanging hardware, and an intriguing contemporary or later inscription on the reverse. The \u003cb\u003eFLLI PERANI BRESCIA\u003c\/b\u003e marking provides a direct manufacturing association with Brescia, while the reverse inscription suggests that additional information may remain concealed behind the plaque. Its construction, dated inscriptions, and surviving display mount make it a representative example of Italian Fascist-era decorative material from the late 1920s.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Original Items","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45787617853509,"sku":"ONJR26AULC089","price":395.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1524\/1342\/files\/ONJR26AULC089__01.jpg?v=1789665434","url":"https:\/\/www.ima-usa.com\/products\/original-italian-pre-wwii-1929-aluminum-fasces-wall-plaque-by-perani-brescia-foundry-on-wooden-display-board-8-x-12","provider":"International Military Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}