Detail served as a writing desk of the Ventennio

wooden box with hinged lid, bearing two distinct brass and aluminum plates, the first with an elaborate relief trophy of the Federation of Mutilated of the P.N.F. and legend "The Roman Legion Mutilated MVSN", the second bearing an engraved dedication "Al Seniore ..... Commander of the 201 ° Battalion of the Mutilated Legion The Comrades of the Division ... Tiber ... donate": inside, lined in black velvet, there are glass bottles for ink and sand, a box for objects with a lid shaped like a fasces, a bakelite pen with various nibs and a letter opener reproducing the regulatory dagger for the Mutilated on a reduced scale; the whole in excellent condition with a pleasant period patina; very rare and interesting