Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts Nickel-Plated Dagger with Scabbard and Hanger French & Indian War leather visor and correct internal

leather visor and correct internal lining with leather sweatband

even inducing them to do so by 'canalising' them through gaps and concentrating their small arms fire on the infantry following them

its cylinder held 5 shots

The hilt has a pommel cap which acts to retain a nut which in turn secures the tang of the blade

The decals are not the commonly seen round bottom fakes that can be found on the market occasionally

Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts Nickel-Plated Dagger with Scabbard and Hanger French & Indian War leather visor and correct internalOriginal 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 (modelled on those of the Arditi, Italy's elite troops of World War I) and