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title: Sottoscrivete al prestito (Subscribe to the Loan), Italia and the barbarian warrior
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/sottoscrivete-al-prestito-capranesi-1917/
description: A crowned, armoured woman carrying the Savoy-arms flag drives a sword at a bearded warrior in a winged helmet who swings a spiked mace.
section: Collection
---

[Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/)

**Content note:** Enemy warrior drawn as a bearded barbarian in a winged helmet, being stabbed by a female national figure. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Sottoscrivete al prestito (Subscribe to the Loan), Italia and the barbarian warrior](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/sottoscrivete-al-prestito-capranesi-1917.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/sottoscrivete-al-prestito-capranesi-1917.jpg)

# Sottoscrivete al prestito (Subscribe to the Loan), Italia and the barbarian warrior

A crowned, armoured woman carrying the Savoy-arms flag drives a sword at a bearded warrior in a winged helmet who swings a spiked mace. The woman carries the nation's emblems; the enemy, never named, is cast as an archaic barbarian, and the line 'Sottoscrivete al prestito' offers the loan as the means of striking.

## Text on the object

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

```
SOTTOSCRIVETE AL PRESTITO
[signature in the picture: G. Capranesi]
[imprint: Officine dell'Istituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche - Bergamo]
```

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

```
SUBSCRIBE TO THE LOAN
[signature in the picture: G. Capranesi]
[imprint: Workshops of the Italian Institute of Graphic Arts - Bergamo]
```

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