National Fascisti supporters badge by Toye & Co Ltd London

A rare original 'National Fascists membership lapel badge', gilt brass oval design bearing a fasces and inlaid with patriotic red, white and blue enamelling, the reverse with maker's details "Toye & Co Ltd London". Very good condition, retaining original buttonhole fitting, no damage to the enamel.
Height 15mm.
Width 21mm.

The National Fascisti were a very short lived splinter group formed in the mid 1920's from about a hundred British Fascists, known as the "National Fastists" from 1925, their wore a black shirt as a uniform and issued a newspaper called the "Fascist Gazette". The group had disappeared by late twenties.