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    Italian C I L Medal, any info?


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    Hello,

    it's the Merit Cross of the GIL or "Gioventù Italiana del Littorio", the fascist youth's para-military organization, of the type awarded to the "Giovani Fascisti" (youths between 18 and 21 years of age, both male and female).

    Best wishes,

    E.L.

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    Hallo Elmer, :beer:

    many thanks for the information, it was a lucky pick-up here in Romania,

    am I right in thinking there are variations, I seem to recall seeing a cross in red and in blue?

    Kevin in Deva. :beer:

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    So there are 9 in total in the series:-

    1933

    1 ONB smalto blu (piccola) = balilla

    2 ONB smalto blu (grande) = avanguardista

    3 ONB smalto celeste (piccola) = piccola italiana

    4 ONB smalto celeste (grande) = giovane italiana

    1937

    5 GIL smalto amaranto = balilla

    6 GIL smalto blu = avanguardista

    7 GIL smalto rosso = piccola italiana

    8 GIL smalto celeste = giovane italiana

    9 GIL smalto nero = giovane fascista

    Thanks for the link.

    Kevin in Deva. :beer:

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    I've seen dark blue, light blue and red....this is the first black one.

    As I have never looked this up specifically I was glad to learn that this was "GIL" and not "CIL". I also never came across the "ONB" ones either!!!

    Big thanks to Elmar and Spasm for the bacground info.

    Jim :cheers:

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