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title: '...per la Patria i miei occhi! per la Pace il vostro denaro. Prestito Nazionale (For the Fatherland my eyes, for Peace your money)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/per-la-patria-i-miei-occhi-prestito-1918/
description: A standing Italian infantryman with blood-stained bandages over his eyes speaks the line 'for the Fatherland my eyes, for Peace your money', above the…
section: Collection
---

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[![...per la Patria i miei occhi! per la Pace il vostro denaro. Prestito Nazionale (For the Fatherland my eyes, for Peace your money)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/per-la-patria-i-miei-occhi-prestito-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/per-la-patria-i-miei-occhi-prestito-1918.jpg)

# ...per la Patria i miei occhi! per la Pace il vostro denaro. Prestito Nazionale (For the Fatherland my eyes, for Peace your money)

A standing Italian infantryman with blood-stained bandages over his eyes speaks the line 'for the Fatherland my eyes, for Peace your money', above the terms of a 5% consolidated national loan. The soldier's blinding is paired one-for-one with the buyer's cash, so a bond purchase is framed as the civilian counterpart of a sacrifice already made.

- **Date:** 1918
- **Period:** [First World War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#era=wwi)
- **Made by:** Italian National Loan (Prestito Nazionale) consortium of issuing banks; artist Alfredo Ortelli, printed by Atelier Butteri, Turin
- **Region:** [Western and Central Europe](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#region=western-central-europe)
- **Country:** [Kingdom of Italy](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#country=kingdom-of-italy)
- **Medium:** [Poster](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#medium=poster)
- **Issuer type:** [State](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#actor=state)
- **Regime:** [Orlando Government](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#regime=orlando-government)
- **Leader:** [Vittorio Emanuele Orlando](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#leader=vittorio-emanuele-orlando)
- **Audience:** [Domestic public](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#audience=domestic-public)
- **Purpose:** [Fundraise](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#purpose=fundraise)
- **Themes:** [War and the military](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=war-military), [Economy and finance](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=economy-finance), [Home front](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#theme=home-front)
- **Event:** [World War I](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/#event=world-war-i)
- **Techniques:** [Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)
- **Source:** Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- **Source:** [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2004666215/), retrieved September 29, 2026
- **Rights:** Public domain (published 1918; LOC: no known restrictions on publication) Alfredo Ortelli; Atelier Butteri, Turin, 1918. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, POS-It.O75 no. 1, LC-USZC4-12066.

## Text on the object

Original (Italian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
..per la Patria
i miei occhi!

per la Pace
il vostro denaro.

PRESTITO
NAZIONALE
RENDITA CONSOLIDATA 5% NETTO
EMESSA a L. 86,50 per 100 NOMINALI
e REDDITO EFFETTIVO 5,78 per %

LE SOTTOSCRIZIONI SI RICEVONO:
PRESSO LE FILIALI DEGLI ISTITUTI DI EMISSIONE DI CREDITO ORDINARIO-CASSE DI RISPARMIO-BANCHE POPOLARI E COOPERATIVE-DITTE E SOCIETÀ BANCARIE-PARTECIPANTI AL CONSORZIO DEL PRESTITO

[vertical, left margin] ATELIER BUTTERI - TORINO Via Montebello 21
[signature] A. Ortelli
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
..for the Fatherland
my eyes!

for Peace
your money.

NATIONAL
LOAN
CONSOLIDATED ANNUITY 5% NET
ISSUED at L. 86.50 per 100 NOMINAL
and EFFECTIVE YIELD 5.78 per %

SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE RECEIVED:
AT THE BRANCHES OF THE ISSUING INSTITUTIONS OF ORDINARY CREDIT - SAVINGS BANKS - POPULAR AND COOPERATIVE BANKS - FIRMS AND BANKING COMPANIES - PARTICIPANTS IN THE LOAN CONSORTIUM

ATELIER BUTTERI - TURIN Via Montebello 21
A. Ortelli
```

All text is typeset except the two-line slogan at the top, which is in the artist's lettering. English is a literal machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

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