95 - Gabriele D'Annunzio, Flight over Vienna, original leaflet dropped over the Austrian capital on 9 August 1918, variant with the signatures of the members of the Squadron of “La Serenissima”. 24.00 x 15.8 cm

Gabriele D'Annunzio, Flight over Vienna, original leaflet dropped over the Austrian capital on 9 August 1918, variant with the signatures of the members of the Squadron of “La Serenissima”. 24.00 x 15.8 cm The legendary flight was accomplished by eight Ansaldo SVA aircraft from the 87th Aeroplane Squadron, known as "La Serenissima," with the poet-soldier Gabriele D'Annunzio as an observer. Thousands of these tricolor leaflets were dropped into the skies over Vienna, their inscription dictated by Corriere della Sera journalist Ugo Ojetti. This rare version of the flyer, of which only a few copies remain, bears the autograph signatures of the eight pilots: Gabriele D'Annunzio, Natale Palli, Ludovico Censi, Aldo Finzi, Giordano Bruno Granzarolo, Antonio Locatelli, Pietro Massoni and Girolamo Allegri known as “Fra Ginepro”. A tear along the left horizontal fold and some small tears along the edges, which, however, do not detract from the beauty of a rare original document. The number "44" is written in ink in the upper left corner.