Italy, Fascist State. A British Made Italian Blackshirt Fez, C. 1940 certificate_of_authenticity 53 mm x 47

53 mm x 47

worn on an old ribbon

designed for bulk grain ships and oil tankers

a large undated medal

the obverse bearing a machine-embroidered multi-coloured threaded insignia

Italy, Fascist State. A British Made Italian Blackshirt Fez, C. 1940 certificate_of_authenticity 53 mm x 47A 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