Uncovering Hidden Truths about Italian collaborators in Italian Mogadishu: A thread
In the Era of the Somali Republic/Kacaan a lot of our history has been overlooked/forgotten. With books being resurfaced, a lot of things are coming to light.
During the Colonial Era, the italians recruited communities in Xamarweyne and Shingaani as informers and spies. In turn they rewarded these individuals with Orders of Chivalry from the Italian Colonial Empire...
The Colonial Order of the Star of Italy was a chivalric order of the Kingdom of Italy intended to celebrate the Italian colonial empire.
Truth 1: The men pictured below are wearing a knight's medal of the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordine_coloniale_della_Stella_d%27Italia
Truth 1: The men pictured below are wearing a knight's medal of the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordine_coloniale_della_Stella_d%27Italia
Truth 1: The men pictured below are wearing a knight's medal of the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordine_coloniale_della_Stella_d%27Italia
Truth 2: Portrait of a notable
Truth 3: Portrait of a notable
Pictures of the portraits are taken between 1926-1932.
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