Italy. A Fascist Youth "Opera Balilla" Badge certificate_of_authenticity so called "Hammerhead" Sleeve Eagle

so called "Hammerhead" Sleeve Eagle

inscribed "VIVE LE ROI" (Long Live the King) on the obverse

On the right breast pocket is a beautiful German Cross in Gold

stating that he had 8 years' previous military service with the Army Ordnance Corps (May 11

A King's South Africa Medal to the Queen's Regiment - South Africa 1902 - South Africa 1901 (W

Italy. A Fascist Youth "Opera Balilla" Badge certificate_of_authenticity so called "Hammerhead" Sleeve EagleSilver, marked "MODELLO DEPOSITATO RIPRODUZIONE INTERDETTA" on the reverse, 38 mm, vertical pinback, very light contact, extremely 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 youth section of the National Fascist Party. It takes its name from Balilla, the nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso, a Genoese