Italy, Fascist State. A Presentation Dagger Of 13th Legion Ccnn Commanding Officer, C.1940 United Republic of nineteen months as a Regimental

nineteen months as a Regimental Officer and Instructor and fourteen months with the A

Secretary of State John Foster Dulles shaking hands with the Queen as she arrives at the Pan American Union dinner

the buckram stiffener is the very tight weave and lightly browned

Corporal Aylward suffered a slight gun shot (shrapnel) wound to his left neck

24 in 1938 and was later trained as a bomber pilot in 1941

Italy, Fascist State. A Presentation Dagger Of 13th Legion Ccnn Commanding Officer, C.1940 United Republic of nineteen months as a RegimentalThis superbly designed Art Deco style Italian dagger measures approximately 31. 5cm (or 12 1 2 inches); blade is nickel platted, measures 19 cm (or 7 1 2 inches) in length; it is polished, with sharp tip, unmarked, and has few minor dents; unfortunately, one side, the blade has deep spots of rust (close to the cross guard), likely due to poor storage; the cross guard is of multi piece construction, combining synthetic brown material and nickel plated