Okay, I say the images and I understand the reference, though I'd suggest that ... were this a new knot, I'd call it Tara's Hill Hitch or something similar. Just as I'd have called your "Italian" bowline something other than Italian... the Nation-based naming really isn't that great of a scheme.
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Having said all of that... I've seen this knot before. In a book. Recently.
It was about 4-6 weeks ago in Barnes and Knobles. It was in the Sports section in the books that transition between mountain climbing and sailing. I don't remember the book name itself. I think it had something to do with unusual or unique knots or something like that. It's a hardback book, divided into colored sections, with the entire page, not just the edge in that color. The spine is designed so it can lay flat I think. It even gave some historical or useful information on each knot
And it was named something more appropriate to it's description, grommeted cow-hitch or double-reverse... I don't remember but it was basically referred to as a cow hitch variation. In fact, the illustrations you posted in your post are almost identical to those from the book, though I believe the illustrations are of a different colouring.
Wish I could remember the name of the book, now I'm gonna have to stop by the bookstore and see if I can find it.