Italy, Fascist State. A British Made Italian Blackshirt Fez, C. 1940 GTRexclude a collar tab constructed of

a collar tab constructed of green woven fabric

marked also with indescifrable maker’s mark

moderately strong mostly blue-green play of colours

The Portcullis was the Badge of John Beaufort

Italy, Fascist State. A British Made Italian Blackshirt Fez, C. 1940 GTRexclude a collar tab constructed ofA black fez of the MVSN of English manufacture, constructed of fine black doeskin wool. The exterior top of the fez is adorned with a tassel style decoration of two braided cords with a thick bush like array of twisted tassels which hang over the side. The front presents an Italian Fasces constructed of silver and Gold bullion, measuring 22. 2mm (w) x 58. 5mm (h), showing fraying and a loss of bullion on the blade. The interior bears a 48mm brown