Black Shirts Fascists Side Cap 1943 Auction Archive it clearly shows Major-General Wurtsmith

it clearly shows Major-General Wurtsmith having just finished pinning a Purple Heart on the breast of Major Standart

near mint fine

Achilles on April 3rd

As the German situation was starting to become more dire

lacquered on obverse

Black Shirts Fascists Side Cap 1943 Auction Archive it clearly shows Major-General WurtsmithBlack Shirts Fascists Side Cap Pre. 1943 Fabricated from black wool, gold wire bullion fasces insignia on the front, traditional high bush side wall, multi fringed skirt attached to the top, unmarked, unlined, moth holes and fabric interruption evident, near very fine. Footnote: The MVSN (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale = Volunteer Army for National Security) was the Fascist Militia formed soon after Mussolini's rise to power in 1923