An Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Boys GTRexclude The inside liner and sweatband

The inside liner and sweatband are completely free of sweat stains or other forms of soiling

maker marked L

These ovals trap the firm

He was named to the rank of Lieutenant on January 10

British War Medal (S4-070752 T

An Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Boys GTRexclude The inside liner and sweatbandSilver with blue enamels, marked "800" (silver) on the reverse, 36. 5 mm, original ribbon, small chip evident in the blue enamels on the bottom point of the star, near 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