An Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Balilla" Badge Auction then returned to the 156th

then returned to the 156th Infantry Battalion ten weeks later

kept with his Wehrpass & Divisional records

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Footnote:SS-Gruppenführer and Lieutenant General of the Waffen-SS Hermann Prieß (1901–1985) was a recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords

1866 – April 14

An Italian Fascist Youth "Opera Balilla" Badge Auction then returned to the 156thItaly : Silver, maker marked "S. JOHNSON MILANO" on the reverse, 38 mm, vertical pinback, dark patina, very light contact, 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 nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso, a