Black Shirts Fascists Side Cap 1943 Auction Archive lacquered on obverse

lacquered on obverse

Generally in very fine condition

showing only light surface wear and runner marks

it clearly shows Major-General Wurtsmith having just finished pinning a Purple Heart on the breast of Major Standart

as a result of which a British Government inter-departmental committee was set up to review the excesses of the whaling industry which then flourished in the Antarctic

Black Shirts Fascists Side Cap 1943 Auction Archive lacquered on obverseBlack Shirts Fascists Side Cap Pre. 1943 Fabricated from black wool, gold wire bullion fasces insignia on the front, traditional high bush side wall, multi fringed skirt attached to the top, unmarked, unlined, moth holes and fabric interruption evident, near very fine. Footnote: The MVSN (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale = Volunteer Army for National Security) was the Fascist Militia formed soon after Mussolini's rise to power in 1923