fideliter dagger

[edinburgh1903]

sorry i orginally posted on wrong forum
i purchased this a number of year ago and was wondering if any collectors knew who wore it, i always belived it to mussolinis body guard but am unsure..any help would be great

[kanister]

Table paperknife ??

[christek]

Hello,

I have not yet seen a dagger like this and if original, I do not know who wore it. May I ask how you came to the conclusion this style of dagger was used by Mussolini’s guard? I can say with relative confidence that Mussolini’s Rome guard, the 'Musketeers of the Duce' (Moschettieri del Duce); are known to have used this style poignard below as shown in period photographs.

[MementoMori]

Seen this type of knife already, but cant find any record about it!
I only found this picture from an auction house, wich show the same knife, just to compare it, but it wont identify it anyway!

[ziomanno]

This is a so called "Podestà" (city mayor during fascist era) knife. It was issued/presented to fascist party officers, some say to celebrate 10th anniversary of the Regime. Seems original to me, and it is also quite uncommon.

[ziomanno]

Hello,

I have not yet seen a dagger like this and if original, I do not know who wore it. May I ask how you came to the conclusion this style of dagger was used by Mussolini’s guard? I can say with relative confidence that Mussolini’s Rome guard, the 'Musketeers of the Duce' (Moschettieri del Duce); are known to have used this style poignard below as shown in period photographs.

Right. The one you referred is the 1st, early type, this one the second, late version.