Italy, Fascist State. A Youth "Opera Balilla" Field Badge, By Lorioli & Castelli, C.1940 Newly Listed It is "fluid damped" and

It is "fluid damped" and after sixty plus years

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In oxidized silvered bronze

Italy, Fascist State. A Youth "Opera Balilla" Field Badge, By Lorioli & Castelli, C.1940 Newly Listed It is "fluid damped" andIn silver, obverse illustrating the left facing bust of Benito Mussolini, flanked by upward pointing rifles on either side, surrounded by the inscription "VII CAMPO DVX OPERA BALILLA" beside a fasces blade and inscribed "A. XIII" below, reverse maker marked "LORIOLI & CASTELLI MILANO" and marked "MODELLO DEPOSITATO RIPRODUZIONE INTERDETTA", measuring 38 mm in diameter, vertical pinback, oxidation spot evident on the obverse, very light contact, near