Italy, Kingdom. A National Fascist Youth Organization (ONB) Meritorious Award Medal United Republic of Rothe Wien”

Rothe Wien”

The document is dated to Vienna on December 12

He served with HMCS Saguenay in 1931

well preserved period-original ribbons

in orange BeVo machine embroidery on black rayon backer

Italy, Kingdom. A National Fascist Youth Organization (ONB) Meritorious Award Medal United Republic of Rothe Wien”(Opera Nazionale Balilla). In bronze, obverse illustrating a robed winged women, her right arm raised in a Fascist salute, her left arm holding a large fasces against her body, the bust of Benito Mussolini behind her, inscribed "AD BENEMERENTI" across the base and engraver marked at the far right, reverse illustrating the Italian eagle, a branch of oak leaves and acorns on the left, a branch of laurel leaves at the right, inscribed "ONB" (Opera