Italian Fascist Youth dagger

[kiwitedferny]

Hi guys,
I was wandering around Rome yesterday, and stumbled across a militaria shop. Antichita Militari. The guy has some nice stuff from Napoleonic through to WW2. But you should see what he has in his private collection, which he was kind enough to take me out back to view. FJ and SS uniforms and Kit fit for a museum.
Anyway, I picked up this Italian dagger to add to my line up. The Italian stuff is an adjunct to the TR daggers, but it's growing..

Italian fascist youth dagger. Italian combat volunteers of the GIL. Gioventu Italian Del Littorio

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[Raffaello Carola]

good one early model with the "opera balilla" sign, the late knife model have GIL letters sign.
cheers
Raffaello

[kiwitedferny]

good one early model with the "opera balilla" sign, the late knife model have GIL letters sign.
cheers
Raffaello

Thanks for the info Raffello. I didn't know that.