Italy, Fascist State. A Fasces Sleeve Patch Auction Brown embarked Townsville aboard the

Brown embarked Townsville aboard the "Ormiston" for Torokina on Bougainville Island

1905 for England

with only minimal scratches on the blade common to extraction and return to the scabbard

contained within "Huguenin Freres" case of issue

Instituted 16 September 1886 by Duke Ernst I

Italy, Fascist State. A Fasces Sleeve Patch Auction Brown embarked Townsville aboard theGold coloured, silvered and blackened copper bullion wire, in various textures, on a red wool base, dark gray cotton mesh backer, 43 mm x 56 mm, fabric interruptions evident in the gold coloured bullion wire on the shield frame, wear and loss of the red wool to the outside of the frame, very fine.