Italy, Kingdom. A Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Boys GTRexclude 203 mm x 304 mm)

203 mm x 304 mm)

Canada's eight Pioneer Battalions performed the same kind of duties as the engineers

a stiffened visor

for the Coronation of King Haakon and Queen Maud at Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim on June 22

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Italy, Kingdom. A Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Boys GTRexclude 203 mm x 304 mm)In silver with dark blue enamels, marked "800" (silver) on the reverse, measuring 39. 5 mm (w) x 47 mm (h) inclusive of its integral suspension, intact enamels, very light contact, original ribbon with pinback, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB) was an Italian Fascist youth organization functioning between 1926 and 1937, when it was absorbed into the Giovent Italiana del Littorio (GIL), a youth section of the National