A Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Young Men Newly Listed loose threads on the edges

loose threads on the edges

with nut and backing plate

72cm long)

SAVED A LIFE FROM DROWNING

obverse illustrating an SA insignia at the base of a vertical pointing sword

A Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Young Men Newly Listed loose threads on the edgesSilver with blue enamels, marked "800" (silver) on the reverse, 39. 5 mm, original ribbon, intact enamels, very light contact, 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 nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso, a