Italy, Fascist State. A Black Brigade Skull Beret Badge, C.1943 Hold on a green wool backer

on a green wool backer

crossed swords over a wreath of oak leaves topped by a picklehaube

MIDDLE EAST

Type I with the Royal Crown

and two Russia

Italy, Fascist State. A Black Brigade Skull Beret Badge, C.1943 Hold on a green wool backerIn 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