Original U.S. WWII Anti-Axis Propaganda Mussolini Cardboard Cutout Rear Sight Assembly the letters "DRL" (Deutscher Reichsbund

the letters "DRL" (Deutscher Reichsbund für Leibesübungen) replaced the letters "DRA"

Date of manufacture March 1973

and is marked on the back with CARL BUSSE / MAINZ / 1940

with the chinstrap seated atop the helmet painted red as well

and was inactivated on June 29

Original U.S. WWII Anti-Axis Propaganda Mussolini Cardboard Cutout Rear Sight Assembly the letters "DRL" (Deutscher ReichsbundOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is an interesting piece of homefront ephemera, a cardboard cutout of Benito Mussolini using the Roman salute. It appears as if it were meant to attach to something. A good research project. After the 1943 Allied Victory in the North Africa Campaign, the Allies next landed in Sicily during July 1943, at which point the Italian Army was close to collapse. Rome was also the target of an Allied Bombing raid, which