From the collection just acquired here is this example of a dagger for the "Avanguardista Moschettiere" uniform of the O.N.B (Opera Nazionale Balilla) personalized by the soldier with the insertion on the handle of the coat of arms of the ONB, the fascist youth organization dependent on the Ministry of Education which was entrusted with the paramilitary education of Italian youth before 1937, the year in which the G.I.L. (Gioventu' Italiana del Littorio) was formed, directly dependent on the National Fascist Party. Burnished blade with one and a half edges, flat with the inscription "Opera balilla" on the heel. The handle is composed of two slightly shaped scales with a semicircular section fixed by two pins with rosettes and closed at the top by a small rounded and burnished cap; the guard is flat, burnished oval and with the ends slightly inclined towards the blade. The scabbard is regulation black with loop and clip. (see the volume by Cesare Calamandrei "Italian Daggers and Knives", page 226).