Edgardo Zoli (1900-?). Photo Benito Mussolini signed to Mary Pos

Photo signed by Mussolini in 1936, dedicated to travel journalist Mary Pos (1904-1987). Photo by Zoli, stamp on reverse, numbered and signed on front. Chip to right-hand margin. 17 x 13 cm. Added: a menu for a dinner of the Nederlandsche Journalistenkring on 18 June 1937 at hotel Wittebrug in The Hague, signed on verso by prince Bernhard and princess Juliana of the Netherlands.

Mary Pos was the first female Dutch travel journalist and was discredited in 1945 due to her interviews with Mussolini in the 1930s for the De Telegraaf newspaper. She was later rehabilitated.