Caption on reverse [translation]: "As is to be expected of the wife of young, [illegible] hard-working Count Ciano, who earned accolades during the Ethiopian campaign and became Italian foreign minister, Mrs. Ciano has also showed a brilliance greater than that of a top-class diplomat. She has flourished in her activities here, visiting influential German wives and …

Caption on reverse [translation]: "Funeral of Foreign Minister Ciano's Father. (Rome) Domei. The funeral of former Minister of Transportation Constanzo Ciano, the father of the foreign minister, was solemnly held in Livorno [?] with Prime Minister Mussolini (right), Foreign Minister Ciano (left), his wife (center), and others in attendance. [stamped] July 18, 1939."