Italy, Kingdom. An Honour Badge of Italian Personnel Training in Germany, Silver Grade Auction dated 17 June 1943 and

dated 17 June 1943 and certified by the handwritten signature of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler

Measuring 210 mm (w) x 294 mm (h)

with a chip in red enamel border on 12 o’clock arm of cross

the hoist edge featuring an additional white cotton reinforcement with a hollow channel through which is looped an origins rope

Italy, Kingdom. An Honour Badge of Italian Personnel Training in Germany, Silver Grade Auction dated 17 June 1943 andConstructed of a silvered zink, the obverse consisting of a pair of crossed swords, superimposed over oak leaves, and overlaid by a central fasces defaced by a mobile swastika, the reverse featuring an off centre crimped disc accommodating a vertical pinback, unmarked, measuring 50. 00 mm (w) x 31. 37 mm (h), weighing 11. 8 grams, an unusually well preserved example of a rare badge in near extremely fine condition.