1940 italian army combat tunic troops and NCO

[Raffaello Carola]

Hello,

these are photos of two tunic model 1940 for troops and NCO
the differences of cut and quality of wool fabric are very obvious
the NCO tail cut style is identical at the officers model with an
good quality of wool, in particular the tunic for troops have the
two backside pocket (name alla cacciatora hunting pockets) on
the back low side, during the war the cut style of this low pocket
normally is closed or eliminated, the buttons of the troops jacket
are in wood green painted.
cheers, Raffaello

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troops tunic 2

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tunic 3 (note the wool belt ) normally NCO and officers don't use this belt

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4 the pocket cut

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5 back side

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6) the two low "hunting pockets"

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7) particular of the low pocket inside the M35 Breda grenade

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the two pockets inside

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the ink stamps with size and made factory cut

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NCO tunic private tailor made (note the different cut and the good quality of wool)
the buttons are in plastic bakelite

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NCO 2 (the shoulder boards in this particular case are removable
because is an NCO not in designed corp in reinforcement)

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Nco 3

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Nco 4

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Nco 5

[Dennis S]

Very nice EM tunics. Nice detailed photos. Lets keep this thread for other Italian EM tunics that others can add. I will take more detailed photos of mine and post later.