An Italian Facist Youth (GIL) Leaders Knife

An Italian Facist Youth (GIL) Leaders Knife, used by leaders of the Italian Youth Organization the Gioventu Italiana, del Littorio (GIL), Please refer to Italian Facist Dagger by Frederick J Stephens. It has a cast brass hilt fittings featuring a well detailed eagle head pommel, feather motif backstrap floral design ferrule, and plain, straight crossguard showing some surface wear with dark age patina to the plain pommel nut. Black wooden grip shows light surface wear, but no cracks or chips and is complete except for all but one apart of the brass wire wrap. The straight, plated,  blade measuring 6 ½” in length shows light runner marks with a few tiny gray specks to plating but, no nicks or further damage. VG+++ Condition.