An ausiliaria of Decima MAS during a firing drill. DVX

Ausiliaria of Decima

"Giovani fasciste" in a pre-war photo. DVX

Female fascist youth

Veteran of the march on Rome with the first female fascist groups, later Piera Gatteschi Fondelli become a leader of the female fascist youth organizations and finally the commander in chief of the SAF, the RSI army female auxiliary service, with the rank of General of Brigade. The highest military rank of a woman in Italy during WW2 (and still now I guess). DVX