Italia, Fascist State. A Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Girls Hold exhibiting wear on reverse from

exhibiting wear on reverse from period use

traces of gilt remains)

as it was now thirteen months after his experience at Ypres: "This man was 15 months (personal recollection) in France

1975 to August 13

an anchor and book in the foreground

Italia, Fascist State. A Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Girls Hold exhibiting wear on reverse fromItaly (Kingdom): Silver with light blue enamels, marked "800" (silver) on the reverse, 36. 7 mm x 42. 8 mm, original ribbon, intact enamels, slight discolouration evident in the silver where it butts the enamels, scuffs and contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: The Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) was an Italian Fascist youth organization functioning between 1926 and 1937, when it was absorbed into the Giovent Italiana del Littorio (GIL), a