Hitler Youth knife donated to actor Franco Brambilla in 1937

This very interesting lot comprises:

a knife, a wooden base with a dedication plaque, a photo album with dozens of photos of the actor with officials from the HJ and NSDAP, and a letter of delivery for the knife, there is a photo with a dedication from the actor and the invitation card for the premiere at the cinema.

This knife was given, with a letter of concession, to an Italian actor in 1937 during a promotional trip for the film "MARIO" to important German cities. The actor was Franco Brambilla, son of Countess "Nera" Brambilla.

An important detail is that the HJ knife, despite some defects probably due to the owner's inexperience, was produced by the C.D. Schaft company of Solingen, which produced the HJ knife with the brand engraved on the blade only in 1937.

From Wikipedia:

Franco Brambilla (Rome, April 25, 1922 – December 17, 1942) was an Italian actor, best known as a child actor for his role in Alessandro Blasetti's film The Old Guard (1934). He died at a young age during World War II on the Eastern Front in Russia. Son of the widowed Countess Maria Milani Brambilla, Franco Brambilla was a child actor between 1934 and 1940. At the age of 12, in 1934, a middle school student and Mussolini's sailor, he was among the actors in Alessandro Blasetti's fascist-glorifying film, The Old Guard, shot to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the March on Rome. The regime perceived the impact that child actors could have in ideological propaganda aimed at younger generations as effective symbols and models of heroism and idealism. Brambilla played the role of a young fascist activist who secretly joins a fascist squad and dies while participating in a punitive expedition against striking workers. The propaganda film was a success in Italy and Germany: it was appreciated by Benito Mussolini, and even Adolf Hitler wanted to meet the young actor. The Old Guard is a 1934 film directed by Alessandro Blasetti. It is generally considered by critics to be one of the best apologetic feature films produced in Italy during the Fascist era. The film was released in Germany under the title Mario and was particularly appreciated by Adolf Hitler, a lifelong admirer of fascism, so much so that the Führer received Blasetti and young Franco Brambilla in Germany for a visit.