Italy, Fascist State. A British Made Italian Blackshirt Fez, C. 1940 Auction Archive black patent leather trim on

black patent leather trim on the edges top and bottom

fully lined in a field-grey wool twill

Linda Leibbrandt Jones

the second award designated by a gold star on its ribbon

Italy, Fascist State. A British Made Italian Blackshirt Fez, C. 1940 Auction Archive black patent leather trim onA black fez of the MVSN of English manufacture, constructed of fine black doeskin wool. The exterior top of the fez is adorned with a tassel style decoration of two braided cords with a thick bush like array of twisted tassels which hang over the side. The front presents an Italian Fasces constructed of silver and Gold bullion, measuring 22. 2mm (w) x 58. 5mm (h), showing fraying and a loss of bullion on the blade. The interior bears a 48mm brown