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1941 (Sep 6) Commissione Italiana Di Armistizio Con la Francia /Sottocommissione Per L’Esercito printed envelope to Bologna bearing King Victor Emmanuel 111 single 50c tied Torino /Ferrovia date stamp & with on reverse Bologna (7 Sep) arrival cds…………….When France surrendered the country was divided into Occupied & a Free Zone in the South under a new Vichy army with Italy retaining Mentone & other areas. A Demilitarized zone c. 50 Km wide along French side from the sea to Swiss border controlled by a Italian – French Armistice Commission