Italy, Kingdom. A Fascist Youth Athletic Competition Medal Auction Archive though there is not much

though there is not much toxaemia at present

Fighting in similar environs as that at Weldon Railroad

was drafted (conscripted) into service under authority of the Military Service Act of 1917

The left hip pocket opens with a diagonal slit and the right hip pocket is reinforced with a wool flap

with its full size period original ribbon sewn into a loop

Italy, Kingdom. A Fascist Youth Athletic Competition Medal Auction Archive though there is not much"Opera Nazionale Balilla" (ONB). In bronze, obverse illustrating three bare chested male athletes, the front man with a discus, the two men behind with javelins, surrounded by the inscription "SORTI DEVOTA FVTVRAE PAPI", reverse illustrating a large fasces, with a branch of oak leaves and acorns to the left and a branch of leaves to the right, inscribed "A" at the above left, "VII" at the above right, "ONB" below the fasces and engraver marked "F. M.