An Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Boys Newly Listed 1961 and re-engaged for two

1961 and re-engaged for two years' service two days later

In generally in near extremely fine condition

slightly recessed

DANNER MURLHAUSEN THUR" on the reverse

in silver nickel

An Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Nazionale Balilla" (Onb) Cross Of Merit For Boys Newly Listed 1961 and re-engaged for twoSilver with blue enamels, marked "800" (silver) on the reverse, 36. 5 mm, original ribbon, small chip evident in the blue enamels on the bottom point of the star, near 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