Appointing Serrao Paolo to be Lieutenant of the Port, dated January 16, 1939 in Rome. Signd by Vittorio Emanuel III, King of Spain & Emperor of Ethiopia, & Benito Mussolini .

Broadside, folio, (368x244mm), single ruled leaf in Italian, handwritten in ink under printed heading, signed in ink by Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Spain & Emperor of Ethiopa, & Benito Mussolini, appointing Serrao Paolo to be Lieutenant of the Port having served as 2nd Lieuenant probably from 1932. Dated Rome, 16 January 1939. Mussolini is described as Head of Government, Minister of the Navy. "Our Minister of the Navy is in charge of this decree." Very good condition with remains of file holes to left hand edge, creased & with various indelible stamps, with text very good.