...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
- Made by
- Italian National Loan (Prestito Nazionale) consortium of issuing banks; artist Alfredo Ortelli, printed by Atelier Butteri, Turin
- Region
- Western and Central Europe
- Country
- Kingdom of Italy
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Orlando Government
- Leader
- Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Economy and finance, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Library of Congress, 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
..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
..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.
