Italy, Fascist State. A Fascist Pilot Qualification Badge C.1940 GTRexclude with a swastika flanked by

with a swastika flanked by laurel leaves at the bottom

circa 1917 period production

although they sometimes engaged in combat operations

worn as common to this type

original light blue and white ribbon with pinback)

Italy, Fascist State. A Fascist Pilot Qualification Badge C.1940 GTRexclude with a swastika flanked byConstructed of zinc with gilt, an Italian Fascist Pilot Qualification Badge of 1935 1943 period, measuring 73 mm (w) x 21. 7 mm (h), with principle horizontal pinback, light contact, presenting cross removed from the top of the surmounted crown, otherwise the badge retains the fascist iconography and the crown, very good condition.