Italy, Kingdom. A Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Boys Auction 9th Field Artillery (bronze gilt

9th Field Artillery (bronze gilt with red

He was struck off strength as being "medically unfit" and discharged at Winnipeg on April 24

but swastika partially obliterated on two booklets

While waiting to start RAF Staff College Course No

(Issued 1908-1918)

Italy, Kingdom. A Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Boys Auction 9th Field Artillery (bronze giltIn silver with dark blue enamels, marked "800" (silver) on the reverse, measuring 39. 5 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, intact enamels, very light contact, original ribbon with pinback, 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