A Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Young Men Newly Listed especially since winning his Military

especially since winning his Military Cross and was a popular member of the Balmy Beach Canoe Club in Toronto

Knight’s Cross - in gilt and enamels

beginning on June 17

Footnote: The medal was instituted on January 11

A Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Young Men Newly Listed especially since winning his MilitarySilver with blue enamels, marked "800" (silver) on the reverse, 39. 5 mm, original ribbon, intact enamels, very light contact, 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 Fascist Party. It takes its name from Balilla, the nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso, a