Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Border Guards Dagger with Scabbard Russian Field Gear There are also some numbers

There are also some numbers scratched into the pole socket

The lead sheath contains a copper capsule which holds the friction composition

bayonets which could be issued to second line and home-garrison troops to release supplies of better weapons for the front

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Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Border Guards Dagger with Scabbard Russian Field Gear There are also some numbersOriginal 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 (modelled on those of the Arditi, Italy's elite troops of World War I) and