Italy, Fascist State. A Black Brigade Skull Beret Badge, C.1943 Auction 1944 and signed in blue

1944 and signed in blue crayon by a Senior Lieutenant and Battery Chief

the 2nd type is centering 6 flares

three Iron Grade

three panels with two securing panels

and by Command of Her Majesty under Her Royal Sign Manual of even date herewith hereunto subscribe their names this Twenty-first day of May

Italy, Fascist State. A Black Brigade Skull Beret Badge, C.1943 Auction 1944 and signed in blueIn die stamped silvered bronze with black lacquer, the reverse offers a pinched flat bar for beret attachment, measures 48. 1mm (w) x 43. 6mm (h), wear to skull, loss of lacquer to the eyes and nose, remains in very fine condition. Footnote: The RSI (Repubblica Sociale Italiana Italian Social Republic) was a paramilitary unit in Northern Italy which was under Fascist control and occupied by the German Army. The metal smiling skull was worn on the