370 Adolf Hitler - Personal membership badge of the Opera Nationale Ballila (ONB).

 The badge gold and enamel. Reverse with thin pin. On the back gold stamp "18K" and maker's mark "S / CA / MIS".

Presumably Hitler received this badge during the Duce's visit to Munich in 1937. The Balilla (Opera Nazionale Balilla, ONB) were founded in 1926 as a youth organization of the Italian National Fascist Party. The name derives from the nickname of Giovan Battista Perasso, a youthful national hero mentioned in the Italian national anthem Fratelli d'Italia as exemplary patriot: "The children of Italy are called Balilla." The ONB merged with the Fasci giovanili di combattimento into the Gioventù Italiana del Littorio (Fascist Youth of Italy, GIL) in 1937. The idea of the Balilla became the model for the Hitler Youth in Germany.

Exceptionally rare badge from Adolf Hitler's personal possession in finest jeweler's quality.

Provenance: Henry Picker Collection. Accompanied by a written confirmation.

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