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Boxed - Canadian Issue

rim marked “A” (silver Austrian hallmark)

nice crisp details to date

An Italian Leva Italian Youth Fascist "Opera Balilla" Armband Hold Both Battalions were raised andAn Italian Leva Italian Youth Fascist "Opera Balilla" Armband Screen printed black ink on thin white mesh cotton, inscribed "O. N. B." with the ONB insignia to the left and a fasces to the right, inscribed "LEVA FASCISTA" below, 110 mm x 290 mm, fabric was screen printed with a fold in it causing separation in the "V" in "LEVA", mold spotting throughout, fine. Footnote: The Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) was an Italian Fascist youth organization