Console Francisci, commander of Legione Tagliamento, giving the last salute to some Black Shirts of his unit. Eastern front.
Console Francisci, a veteran of wars in Ethiopia and Spain, aterward fell bravery in combat against Americans in Sicily.

The extreme salute

8 - 10 september 1943. Two Ansaldo AB 41s are burning, and a group of Italian prisoners is walking with the hands over the head in the mid of the way...
I was asking to myself if the armored cars were knocked out by panzerfausts or by PAK guns... What do you think?

Fightings around Rome

German soldier lies dead on beach of Suursaari island. September 15, 1944.