Original Italian Pre-WWII Younger Benito Mussolini Brass Bust Sculpture British Machine Guns the Headquarters took adequate shelter

the Headquarters took adequate shelter in the cellar of a large building that grew into the side of the cliff opposite the bridge

consisting of a smoothbore metal tube fixed to a base plate (to absorb recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount

Barrel Length: 26 1/2 Inches

with the blue vertical stripe of the tricolors forwardmost

The left lock shows traces of the makers name

Original Italian Pre-WWII Younger Benito Mussolini Brass Bust Sculpture British Machine Guns the Headquarters took adequate shelterOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an original, pre WWII, cast brass bust of Benito Mussolini. It depicts young Mussolini from the early 1930s. The overall height is just over 6. 5 inches. The model is quite early, as Mussolini is depicted in civilian clothes wearing a Fasces symbol on his lapel from the time when he was Prime Minister of Italy. It appears that this bronze was removed from a plinth or base and that it was vandalized which was