Italy, Fascist State. A British Made Italian Blackshirt Fez, C. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Szent László Infantry

Footnote: The Szent László Infantry Division was an elite Hungarian infantry unit formed in the final year of the Second World War

A set of Army Administration (Heeresverwaltung) officer’s shoulder boards

and it was only when surrounded that he consented to surrender

one with official stamps on its reverse

the United States Congress passed a bill to award the 1st Special Service Force the Congressional Gold Medal

Italy, Fascist State. A British Made Italian Blackshirt Fez, C. 1940 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Szent László InfantryA black fez of the MVSN of English manufacture, constructed of fine black doeskin wool. The exterior top of the fez is adorned with a tassel style decoration of two braided cords with a thick bush like array of twisted tassels which hang over the side. The front presents an Italian Fasces constructed of silver and Gold bullion, measuring 22. 2mm (w) x 58. 5mm (h), showing fraying and a loss of bullion on the blade. The interior bears a 48mm brown