Silver Cutlery Box, Gift to Benito Mussolini, Homage from the Bologna Shooting Range, 1935

A large box containing three pieces of cutlery (spoon, fork, and knife) in solid silver, donated to His Excellency Benito Mussolini, Prime Minister, by the Bologna Section of the National Shooting Club, on the occasion of the 30th World Shooting Championship held in Rome at the Farnesina Range in September 1935, in commemoration of Law No. 479 of April 17, 1930, as detailed on the box. This law, together with the subsequent Royal Decree No. 2051 of November 21, 1932, significantly reformed the national shooting club system, abolishing the elective system of offices and introducing the appointment of club officials by the Ministry of War.

Although Law No. 950 of June 4, 1934, also known as the "Reform of the Law on National Target Shooting," amended the previous law (April 17, 1930, no. 479) and was later amended by Royal Decree Law no. 2430 of December 16, 1935. The Board of Directors of the Bologna Target Shooting Association wanted to pay homage to His Excellency Benito Mussilini in recognition of the first truly groundbreaking reform, which drastically changed the "National Target Shooting" system. Furthermore, the 30th edition of the 1935 World Target Shooting Championships, held in Rome, was the first opportunity for the Bologna Board of Directors to present this box to the Duce. Unlike previous and subsequent editions, the Duce attended the inaugural opening.

The editions of all the World Shooting Championships:

• I 1897 Lyon, France
• II 1898 Turin, Italy
• IV 1900 Paris, France
• V 1901 Lucerne, Switzerland
• VI 1902 Rome, Italy
• VII 1903 Buenos Aires, Argentina
• VIII 1904 Lyon, France
• IX 1905 Brussels, Belgium
• X 1906 Milan, Italy
• XI 1907 Zurich, Switzerland
• XII 1908 Vienna, Austria-Hungary
• XIII 1909 Hamburg, Germany
• XIV 1910 The Hague, Netherlands
• XV 1911 Rome, Italy
• XVI 1912 Biarritz, France
• VII 1913 Campo Perry, United States
• XVIII 1914 Viborg, Denmark
• XIX 1921 Lyon, France
• XX 1922 Milan, Italy
• XXI 1923 Campo, Perry United States
• XXII 1924 Reims, France
• XXIII 1925 St. Gallen, Switzerland
• XXIV 1927 Rome, Italy
• XXV 1928 The Hague, Netherlands
• XXVI 1929 Stockholm, Sweden
• XXVII 1930 Antwerp, Belgium
• XXVIII 1931 Lviv, Poland
• XXIX 1933 Granada, Spain
• XXX 1935 Rome, Italy
• XXXI 1937 Helsinki, Finland
• XXXII 1939 Lucerne, Switzerland
• XXXIII 1947 Stockholm, Sweden
• XXXIV 1949 Buenos Aires, Argentina
• XXXV 1952 Oslo, Norway
• XXXVI 1954 Caracas, Venezuela
• XXXVII 1958 Moscow, Soviet Union
• XXXVIII 1962 Cairo, United Arab Republic
• XXXIX 1966 Wiesbaden, West Germany
• XL 1970 Phoenix, United States United States
• XLI 1974 Bern, Switzerland
• XLII 1978 Seoul, South Korea
• XLIII 1982 Caracas, Venezuela
• XLIV 1986 Suhl, East Germany
• XLV 1990 Moscow, Soviet Union
• XLVI 1994 Milan, Italy
• XLVII 1998 Barcelona, Spain
• XLVIII 2002 Lahti, Finland
• XLIX 2006 Zagreb, Croatia
• L 2010 Munich, Germany
• LI 2014 Granada, Spain
• LII 2018 Changwon, South Korea
• LIII 2022 London, United Kingdom

III 1899 The Hague, Netherlands