Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts Nickel-Plated Dagger with Scabbard and Hanger Stencils he appears to have been

he appears to have been serving with this command and was stationed in Taranto

probably a fill replacing some type of ornament or damage

with almost all of the original paint retained

It appears that this could have been torn from a downed aircraft or taken as a souvenir when the aircraft was decommissioned

and procured it for a wide variety of roles

Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts Nickel-Plated Dagger with Scabbard and Hanger Stencils he appears to have beenOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza NSDAPonale (MVSN, "Voluntary Militia for National Security"), commonly called the Blackshirts, was originally the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party and, after 1923, an all volunteer militia of the Kingdom of Italy under Fascist rule. Its members were distinguished by their black uniforms (modeled on those of the Arditi, Italy's elite troops of World War I) and