Italia, Fascist State. A Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Girls Auction Extremely fine Footnote: The O'Connors

Extremely fine   Footnote: The O'Connors were among the first settlers of Ottawa

battle scene with inset of the Victoria Cross

He retired on October 14

Austria: War Commemorative Medal 1914-1918 with crossed swords clasp

Canadian issue in silver

Italia, Fascist State. A Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Girls Auction Extremely fine Footnote: The O'ConnorsItaly (Kingdom): Silver with light blue enamels, marked "800" (silver) on the reverse, 36. 7 mm x 42. 8 mm, original ribbon, intact enamels, slight discolouration evident in the silver where it butts the enamels, scuffs and contact marks, better than very 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