GIL badges

[JamesT]

Gentlemen

Here are two GIL badges. What is the GIL? One is aluminium and the other looks like some sort of bakelite that has been painted. They have no rear fixings but holes each side for sewn attachment.

Many thanks for your comments

James

[italianwaffenSS]

Gentlemen

Here are two GIL badges. What is the GIL? One is aluminium and the other looks like some sort of bakelite that has been painted. They have no rear fixings but holes each side for sewn attachment.

Many thanks for your comments

James

G.I.L. (GIOVENTU' ITALIANA DEL LITTORIO) 1937-1943 it was the youth organization of Fascism which framed the boys and girls aged 6 to 21 years old.
The badge on the left in bakelite painted was stitched or applied to the young fascist girls on the white blouse and the other is an hat's insignia for the young fascists boys. In Italy, these badges (yours are originals) are extremely common and their value is between $ 20-25 each. Gian