Italian fascist ring : Enemy Aliens in Australia

Brass Italian patriotic ring bearing the head of Benito Mussolini, wearing a helmet, on the front face. The band is patterned with scroll work.

This ring was a piece of property seized from an enemy alien of Italian origin in South Australia at the beginning of the Second World War. After the war the owner of the item could not be identified or located and the item was transferred to the Australian War Memorial, with other seized property relating to Italian Fascist supporters in the state before the war.