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Rare helmet of Musketeer of the Duce and commemorative medal

regulatory model supplied to the personal guard of the Duce: in rigid felt lacquered in glossy black on the outside, it is equipped with & nbsp; internally of eight wedges natural leather cap completed by white silk cap bearing, & nbsp; under celluloid sheet, imprinted trademark of the manufacturer "S.V. Presciutti / Via Leccosa 4 / Rome"; the wimple is in black patent leather, secured to the fiber rim of the cap by means of rivets; on the front is applied a skull with crossbones of the Johnson type printed in silver plate; the headgear is kept in its original cylindrical case in iron sheet painted black on the outside and gray on the inside; the whole in excellent condition with the right period patina; of family origin, the helmet is accompanied by a commemorative medal of its wearer, dedicated to the former Musketeer of the Duce Vittorio Emanuele Boeri, later S. Lieutenant Aerosilurantista of the Regia Aeronautica, who died in combat on 27 September 1941. & nbsp;
€ 4.500,00 / 6.000,00
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