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but not of that Maker's most upmarket work

Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts Nickel-Plated Dagger Turned Fighting Knife with Scabbard Flintlock Muskets and Rifles There are also some unitOriginal 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 (modeled on those of the Arditi, Italy's elite troops of World War I) and