Italy, Kingdom. A National Fascist Youth Organization (ONB) Meritorious Award Medal Archive miniature for button-hole wear

miniature for button-hole wear

wearing three awards on his left breast: the Order of the Sacred Treasure 5th Class

and on March 1

center in gilt

Italy, Kingdom. A National Fascist Youth Organization (ONB) Meritorious Award Medal Archive miniature for button-hole wear(Opera Nazionale Balilla). In bronze, obverse illustrating a robed winged women, her right arm raised in a Fascist salute, her left arm holding a large fasces against her body, the bust of Benito Mussolini behind her, inscribed "AD BENEMERENTI" across the base and engraver marked at the far right, reverse illustrating the Italian eagle, a branch of oak leaves and acorns on the left, a branch of laurel leaves at the right, inscribed "ONB" (Opera