An Italian Leva Italian Youth Fascist "Opera Balilla" Armband Newly Listed near Ypres

near Ypres

generally very fine condition

high quality case

Accompanied by a CD containing nineteen pages with copies of his Index Cards

nice old original patina

An Italian Leva Italian Youth Fascist "Opera Balilla" Armband Newly Listed near YpresAn Italian Leva Italian Youth Fascist "Opera Balilla" Armband Screen printed black ink on thin white mesh cotton, inscribed "O. N. B." with the ONB insignia to the left and a fasces to the right, inscribed "LEVA FASCISTA" below, 110 mm x 290 mm, fabric was screen printed with a fold in it causing separation in the "V" in "LEVA", mold spotting throughout, fine. Footnote: The Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) was an Italian Fascist youth organization