Fascist era items - Medals, armshield, union card, Albanian coin…

Hello,

Here are some items related to the fascist era…

A commemorative medal of the military operations in "Africa Orientale" (instituted on 27th April 1936), with a blade "FERT" (motto of the House of Savoy) on the ribbon for the fighters. As we can see the "crowned z", this is the royal coin version.
I find Mussolini’s quote rather ironic : "Many enemies, much honor"…


A GIL merit cross : the red model was attributed to Piccole Italiane, the girls from 8 to 14 in this paramilitary organization. I didn’t find any meaning for the GIL insignia on the ribbon, I believe this could be some "customization" by the owner.

The medal size is different between this red cross and the one I already had (the light blue model was decerned to Avanguardisti, the boys from 14 to 18). Here’s a picture with the two crosses side by side :

An armshield for the Avanguardisti of Florence

A membership card of the industry workers union of Turin, from 1939

A 0,20 LEK (20 cents) coin from 1941, in use in Albania during Italian occupation. "Shqipni" means Albania (wasn’t obvious to me) :)

Regards

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