Dagger with a nickel-plated steel spear point blade, magnetic, designed with bevelled edges, with very sharp edges and a dull tip, the ricasso unmarked, the blade measuring 155 mm in length. The blade is embedded into the bronze octagonal-shaped crossguard, with a black leather washer at its base, the ferrule and the hilt (handle) in bronze gilt, the latter featuring the head of an eagle as its pommel and designed with feathers where it butts the grip in a black painted wood that incorporates eight bands of brass wire in the recessed areas, the black indicating that this model was worn by regular members (e.g. cadets), as opposed to officers and instructors, the dagger measuring 270 mm in length. It exhibits surface wear and multiple contact marks on the blade from active use, the crossguard slightly loose versus the body, with some scattered gilt wear on the bronze parts, the black painted finish on the wooden handle intact. Fair.
Footnote: The Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (GIL) (Italian Youth of the Lictor) was the consolidated youth movement of the National Fascist Party of Italy that was established in 1937 to replace the Opera NSDAPonale Balilla (ONB). It was created to supervise and influence the minds of all youths and was effectively directed against the influence of the Catholic Church on youths. The organization surpassed its purpose as a cultural institution that was intended to serve as the ideological counterpart of school, and served as a paramilitary group (training for future assignments in the Italian Army), as well as education in the career of choice, technology (including postschool courses for legal adults), or education related to home and family (solely for the girls). It carried out indoctrination with a message of Italian-ness and Fascism, training youths as "the fascists of tomorrow". Moreover, the GIL took charge of all activities initiated by schools, and pressured teachers to enlist all students. Aside from the usual "Fascist Saturdays", children would spend their summers in camps (which included the national-level Campi Dux, reunions of Balilla and Avanguardisti). Male children enrolled wore a uniform adapted from that of the Blackshirts: the eponymous black shirt, the fez of Arditi tradition, grey-green trousers, black fasces emblems, and azure handkerchiefs (i.e.: in the national colour of Italy). During military exercises, they were armed with a scaled-down version of the Royal Italian Army service rifle, Moschetto Balilla (the rifles were replaced with replica versions for the Figli della Lupa).