Italy, Fascist State. A Lot of Italian Cavalry Documents, Medals, and Insignia

Item #M0320-7

$165
A notice to the Piedmont Regional Group of the Association of the Cavalry, measuring 18.8 cm (w) x 23.4 cm (h), presenting numerous folding creases and fraying, and in fair condition. A black-and-white photograph depicting a meeting of Cavalry members in Rome, dated 18 May 1930, accompanied by a bronze medal, the obverse presents a crowned eagle bearing a shield on its chest containing the image of St. George on horseback slaying the dragon, circumscribed by a banner inscribed VT VELOCIVS VT VEHEMENTIVS, the reverse presents the inscription ADVNATA DELL’ASSOCIAZ. DELL’ARMA DI CAVALLERIA ROMA 1930 A.VIII, measuring 32.14 mm in diameter, on loop for suspension from period original ribbon, and in good condition. An Italian Fascist Officer’s Belt Buckle, constructed of solid brass, the obverse presents an eagle clutching a fasces (a bundle of sticks featuring an axe), surrounded by a wreath of both oak and laurel leaves, flanked on either side by large facses, measuring 6.8 cm (w) x 5.6 cm (h), missing the original catch and bar, and in very fine condition. A Partito Nazionale Fascista (National Fascist Party) cloth insignia Direttorio Fasci senza Gruppi Rionali, constructed of red wool, with golden and silver aluminum bullion wire embroidery, measuring 45 mm (w) x 58 mm (h), and in very fine condition. An Opera Nazionale Balilla cloth badge, constructed of silk, presenting a BeVo-style machine-woven fascist symbol with the letters G and I on either side, presenting the initials ONB at the bottom, measuring 41 mm (w) x 82 mm (h), and in very fine condition. A Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (Italian Youth of the Lictor) cloth insignia, presenting a round shield and broad sword superimposed on a fasces, constructed of bullion wire, on a grey cloth backing, measuring 33 mm (w) x 59 mm (h), and in good condition. A cloth insignia constructed of field-grey wool, presenting a tower constructed of white and black thread embroidery, measuring 12.1 cm (w) x 12 cm (h), and in extremely fine condition.