An Italian Leva Italian Youth Fascist "Opera Balilla" Armband Hold at the Presidency of Fort

at the Presidency of Fort William in Bengal (August 23

16 General Hospital at Le Treport

rim marked “A” (silver Austrian hallmark)

nice crisp details to date

An Italian Leva Italian Youth Fascist "Opera Balilla" Armband Hold at the Presidency of FortAn 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