An Italian Leva Italian Youth Fascist "Opera Balilla" Armband certificate_of_authenticity heavy version

heavy version

before being discharged on June 5

marked and numbered

Canadian Training Division)

Diamond Hill)

An Italian Leva Italian Youth Fascist "Opera Balilla" Armband certificate_of_authenticity heavy versionAn 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