Italy, Republic. A Lot of Five Medals Hold A Freiwillige Arbeitsdienst (Voluntary Labour

A Freiwillige Arbeitsdienst (Voluntary Labour Service/FAD) membership badge

surrounding by a black-enamelled border with the inscription “Sauveteurs de Seine-et-Oise 1870” (Rescuers of the Seine and Oise)

both unmarked and measuring 25 mm (w) x 126 mm (l)

small chip evident on reverse of 12 o’clock arm

the obverse of each bearing machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire oak leaf and acorn insignia

Italy, Republic. A Lot of Five Medals Hold A Freiwillige Arbeitsdienst (Voluntary LabourA March on Rome Medal, bronze, full size, replacement ribbon, dark patina across half of the medal, very fine. An Italy War Medal, bronze, full size, replacement ribbon, very fine. An Unofficial Commemorative Medal of the War 1940 1943, bronze, replacemebt ribbon with 1943 clasp, very fine. A Fascist Youth Opera Nazionale Balilla Cross of Merit, silvered with enamels, full size, original ribbon, light wear, very fine. An Italian National Security