Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts Nickel-Plated Dagger with Scabbard, Hanger, & Portopee Flintlock Pistols showing the wood grain well

showing the wood grain well

so this definitely looks to have been issued and used during the war

but correct for this maker

fitted on the jacket with early style clutches

Beattie & Son

Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts Nickel-Plated Dagger with Scabbard, Hanger, & Portopee Flintlock Pistols showing the wood grain wellOriginal 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