Italy, Fascist State. A Black Brigade Skull Beret Badge, c. 1942 Auction Archive The ebony painted wooden handle

The ebony painted wooden handle has thirteen individual rows of tightly wound aluminum wire grip wrap

Illustrations Credits and a thirty-nine page Index

with multiple key-lettered photographs

with waffle patterned NCO’s tress to all outside edges

Italy, Fascist State. A Black Brigade Skull Beret Badge, c. 1942 Auction Archive The ebony painted wooden handleIn die stamped silvered bronze, the reverse shows a singular vertical pin, measuring 44 mm (h) x 48. 9 mm (w), loss of lacquer to the obverse, 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 beret surrounded by a gold embroidered bullion wreath.