Faded wall slogan 'Molti nemici molto onore' signed Mussolini, Ortygia (Syracuse)
Hand-painted capital letters on a worn plaster wall read MOLTI NEMICI MOLTO ONORE (many enemies, much honour) above a facsimile signature of Mussolini. The slogan recasts hostility from abroad as a mark of virtue, with the word 'honour' standing in for any claim that could be checked, and the leader's autograph is painted in as the authority.
- Date
- 1936
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Italian Fascist authorities (Syracuse; painter not identified)
- Country
- Fascist Italy
- Medium
- Signs and banners
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Fascist Italy
- Leader
- Benito Mussolini
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- Techniques
- Glittering generalities
- Leader
- Benito Mussolini
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0 (Commons file page; photograph by Codas, 2024)
Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
MOLTI NEMICI MOLTO ONORE [signature:] Mussolini
MANY ENEMIES MUCH HONOUR [signature:] Mussolini
Parts of the first line are lost to flaking plaster; the words read in full. The signature is a cursive facsimile and is partly faded.
