Original Italian WWII ONB Fascist Youth Balilla Blank Firing M1891 Carcano Training Carbine by FNA with Sling - dated 1937 Sales very common on the early

very common on the early examples with the bright steel blades

which was adopted in 1898

The barrel was made and in London and then proofed there as required by British law

There is some evidence that blades of this type may very well have been carried by SHAMANS and were regarded as talismans to ward off evil spirits etc

designed around 1850

Original Italian WWII ONB Fascist Youth Balilla Blank Firing M1891 Carcano Training Carbine by FNA with Sling - dated 1937 Sales very common on the earlyOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice "Child Sized" blank firing Carcano Model 1891 Carbine, officially termed the Moschetto Regolomentare Ballila Modelo 1891 (Balilla Regulatory Musket Modelo 1891). These scaled down Mannlicher Carcano pattern bolt action carbines were intended for Italian Fascist Youth training, used by the Opera Nazonale Balilla (ONB), 1926 1937 and the follow on Giovent Italiana del Littorio (GIL) through WWII.