Italy, Kingdom. A 1938 Ah State Visit Music Performer’s Badge, By Castelli Gerosa Auction inside lid lined in white

inside lid lined in white satin

and Nine Years Long Service Medal (in cupro-nickel

This battalion was deployed to the Balkans and later Slovakia in the fight against local partisans

obverse marked with a small “F” standing for “Förderer/Sponsor”

A French Saint Helena Medal - In bronze

Italy, Kingdom. A 1938 Ah State Visit Music Performer’s Badge, By Castelli Gerosa Auction inside lid lined in whiteConstructed of bronze with multi coloured enamels, the obverse bearing a central enameled swastika flanked by a fasces bearing initials OND for Opera Nazionale Dopolavoro (National Recreation Club), in turn flanked by initials PNF for Partito Nazionale Fascista (National Fascist Party), overlaying a music sheet and above an identification code of B. A. 16, circumscribed by an inscription indicating that the badge was used by musicians during a