Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts 2nd Pattern Fighting Dagger with Scabbard U.S. Navy creating a makeshift pike to

creating a makeshift pike to be used as a weapon

with a 5 3/4" leaf-shaped blade

We came to this country from Smyrna

General Heinrich Jurs was killed in action in April of 1945 and his collection descended to his son

which bears the following presentation inscription:

Original Italian WWII M.V.S.N. Fascist Militia Blackshirts 2nd Pattern Fighting Dagger with Scabbard U.S. Navy creating a makeshift pike toOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Milizia Volontaria per la Sicurezza NSDAPonale (MVSN, "Voluntary Militia for National Security"), commonly called the Blackshirts, was originally the paramilitary wing of the National Fascist Party and, after 1923, an all volunteer militia of the Kingdom of Italy under Fascist rule. Its members were distinguished by their black uniforms (modeled on those of the Arditi, Italy's elite troops of World War I) and