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ITALY
Abbreviations
MVSN = Milizia Voluntaria Sicurezza Nazionale
PAI = Polizia Africana Italiana
FNAI = Federazione Nazionale Ardite d'Italia
PNF = Partido Nazionale Fascista
MAS = Motoscafi Anti Siluranti
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Pre WW I Italian Navy Dagger
WWII Italian Naval Cadet Dagger
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M. 1936 AIR FORCE CADET DAGGER |
WWII Facist Youth Naval Cadet Dagger, known as a "Pre-Marinari"
WWII Facist Youth Naval Cadet Leader's Dagger. Note white handle.
Photo courtesy of Rudy D'Angelo
REGGIO AERONAUTICA CADET DAGGER
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ITALIAN AIR FORCE DAGGER
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M.1923 MVSN OFFICER'S DAGGER
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO
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VECCHIA GUARDIA (OLD GUARD) DAGGER. C. 1926-1932 ISSUED TO MEMBERS OF THE OLD GUARD WHO WERE INITIALLY VETERANS OF WW I WHO JOINED MUSSOLINI'S FASCIT PARTY.
ANOTHER TYPE OF VECCHIA GUARDIA DAGGER W/WHITE HANDLE AND
DIFFERENT HANDLE DEVICE.
Pugnale Commemorativo Guerra D'Etiopia. This is a Commemorative Dagger issued during the Ethiopian War to various officials and visiting dignitaries. A more specialized model of the same dagger was also presented to the Cinematographers that filmed the Italian Armed Forces in The Ethiopian and Colonial Campaigns. Circa 1936.
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M. 1935 MVSN DAGGER W/SILVER HANDLE (OFFICER'S GIFT TO THE
COMMANDER). PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO |
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M. 1939 PAI (Polizia Africana Italiano) OFFICER'S DAGGER
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO
M. 1939 MVSN NCO DAGGER
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO
M. 1935 MOSCHETTIERI DEL DUCE DAGGER
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO
M. 1935 MVSN OFFICER'S DAGGER II PATTERN
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO
M. 1939 ARMY ASSAULT UNIT DAGGER
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO
M. 1937 PNF MVSN OFFICER'S DAGGER
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO
M. 1935 MVSN TROOPER DAGGER
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO
M. 1932 MVSN MILIZIA CONFINARIA OFFICERS DAGGER
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO
BABUSCIO
M. 1936 SAN MARCO MARINES ENLISTED PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO
M. 1936 SAN MARCO MARINES
OFFICER'S DAGGER
M. 1925 MVSN GENERAL'S DAGGER BELONGED TO GEN. AGOSTINO COMMANDER OF FORESTRY MILITIA
PHOTO COURTESY OF RUDY D'ANGLO
M. 1935 MVSN GENERAL'S DAGGER, IVORY GRIPS, GOLD FASCIST SYMBOL ON HANDLE
PHOTO COURTESY OF RUDY D'ANGELO
M. 1935 FNAI DAGGER
PHOTO COURTESY OF STEFANO BABUSCIO
ITALIAN COLONIAL AFRICAN DAGGER
ITALIAN COLONIAL DAGGER (NOTE DIFFERENCE IN CROSSGUARD
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|  Model 1932 ITALIAN MUTILATI DAGGER
  MSVN Dagger presented to General Luigi Frusci by troops of the 7th Legionaire Infantry Regiment in
commemoration of the victory at the Battle of Santander on 26 August 1937, during the Spanish Civil
War. A rare one-of-a-kind dagger.
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