Italy, Kingdom. A National Security Volunteer Militia's Long Service Cross, East Africa Campaign Auction in aged bronze

in aged bronze

Brooklyn Medal Group to Thomas Maddock - Navy West Indies Campaign Medal (bronze

exhibiting overall surface wear and rust

within a horizontal border composed of silvered rolled copper wire

Dated to Bückeburg on May 23

Italy, Kingdom. A National Security Volunteer Militia's Long Service Cross, East Africa Campaign Auction in aged bronze(Croce di anzianit di servizio per la milizia volontaria per la sicurezza nazionale). Instituted in 1933. Ten Years' Service, with Bronze Gladius for the East Africa Campaign. In bronze, the obverse centrepiece inscribed with the initials "MVSN" (Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza Nazionale = National Security Volunteer Militia, popularly referred to as the 'Blackshirts'), the reverse centrepiece inscribed "DIECI ANNI (Ten Years), measuring 38. 5 mm