Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts Nickel-Plated Dagger with Scabbard and Hanger Stencils with almost all of the

with almost all of the original paint retained

he appears to have been serving with this command and was stationed in Taranto

It appears that this could have been torn from a downed aircraft or taken as a souvenir when the aircraft was decommissioned

The military specification was amended to reflect the changes which was signaled by adding a letter to the Mil

an African-American unit formed in 1866

Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts Nickel-Plated Dagger with Scabbard and Hanger Stencils with almost all of theOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza NSDAPonale (MVSN, "Voluntary Militia for National Security"), commonly called the Blackshirts, was originally the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party and, after 1923, an all volunteer militia of the Kingdom of Italy under Fascist rule. Its members were distinguished by their black uniforms (modeled on those of the Arditi, Italy's elite troops of World War I) and