Italy, Fascist State. A Black Brigade Skull Beret Badge, C.1943 Archive and blackened bronze with enamels

and blackened bronze with enamels

"America del Sur Frente a la Revolucion Cubana" (South America Faced with the CubanRevolution) by Rafael Humberto Gaviria

listing his father as his next-of-kin

constructed of a wooden frame with a faux purple leather exterior

Instituted 1807 by Frederick Augustus I

Italy, Fascist State. A Black Brigade Skull Beret Badge, C.1943 Archive and blackened bronze with enamelsIn die stamped silvered bronze, the reverse shows dual prongs, measures 48 mm (w) x 43 mm (h), 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 beret surrounded by a gold embroidered bullion wreath.