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Mugshot of the future Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), following his arrest by Swiss police for lack of identification papers (19th of June 1903). Mussolini was wrongly identified as "Benedetto" instead of Benito.
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Berne, P. o. t. C. o. (2025, July 21). Mussolini's Mugshot, 1903. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20699/mussolinis-mugshot-1903/
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Berne, Police of the Canton of. "Mussolini's Mugshot, 1903." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 21, 2025. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20699/mussolinis-mugshot-1903/.
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Berne, Police of the Canton of. "Mussolini's Mugshot, 1903." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 21 Jul 2025, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/20699/mussolinis-mugshot-1903/. Web. 26 Jul 2025.
