An Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Boys Newly Listed in silver nickel

in silver nickel

In generally in near extremely fine condition

red enamel chipping evident on two arms of the miniature Military Order of Bravery

Tunic Removed - BeVo-woven white threads (for Infantry)

scroll Canada with additional six years service bar (C

An Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Boys Newly Listed in silver nickelSilver with blue enamels, marked "800" (silver) on the reverse, 36. 5 mm, original ribbon, small chip evident in the blue enamels on the bottom point of the star, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) was an Italian Fascist youth organization functioning between 1926 and 1937, when it was absorbed into the Giovent Italiana del Littorio (GIL), a youth section of the National Fascist Party. It takes its name from Balilla, the