Italy, Fascist State. A Black Brigade Skull Beret Badge, C.1943 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of card stock with

constructed of card stock with a faux mauve leather exterior

the soldier at the left with his left hand resting upon the book

Now a practising lawyer

and a Flak 88 facing towards the tip right

nicks in the red enamels on the upper and left arms

Italy, Fascist State. A Black Brigade Skull Beret Badge, C.1943 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac constructed of card stock withIn die stamped silvered bronze with black lacquer, the reverse offers a pinched flat bar for beret attachment, measures 48. 1mm (w) x 43. 6mm (h), wear to skull, loss of lacquer to the eyes and nose, remains in very fine condition. Footnote: The RSI (Repubblica Sociale Italiana Italian Social Republic) was a paramilitary unit in Northern Italy which was under Fascist control and occupied by the German Army. The metal smiling skull was worn on the