Italy. A Fascist Youth "Opera Balilla" Badge Buy Now These part time soldiers would

These part time soldiers would have played an important role in the defence of the UK had the Germans invaded

and an envelope presumably sent to the recipient

1916 for a case of the "scabies" (Gonorrhea)

the latter three medals with original ribbons

suspended from hanger inscribed "1939"

Italy. A Fascist Youth "Opera Balilla" Badge Buy Now These part time soldiers wouldSilver, 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