Dagger-tool of the Civic Firefighters of Rome

individual saw, derived from the old dagger for Zappatori of the Roman Civic Guard, distributed to the firefighters of the City of Rome after 1870 and used for a long time, until the standardization of materials following the foundation of the National Fire Brigade in 1938; blade without point, shaped like a saw along the rib; handle cast in brass, the cap sculpted with an eagle's head motif; iron sheath with brass hood, button and tip; in good condition, with normal signs of use and honest period patina