Good afternoon. I recently received this nice image with a grouping of other WWI era images. I thought he was in an artillery regiment but on closer inspection of the hat device, the # 16 appears to be set between two crossed rifles. This of course is the traditional symbol for Infantry. Can any one tell me more about what unit this soldier belonged to?
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Last edited by para03; 06-05-2008, 09:11 PM. -
A close-up of the hat insigniaLast edited by para03; 06-05-2008, 09:11 PM. -
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Hallo Para, the soldier in the pic not is it from Artillery but from Infantery in fact he have the right badge for the 16° Regiment of Savona Brigade (15^-16^ regiments).
He wear a m.24 jacket with only 2 pockets on the breast and the right cap with black badge of Infantery.
The collar tabs are white with a black strap in the middle.
This one for the m.23 metallic badges on the shoulders is it a Great Uniform (for the cerimonies).
So the pic can be dated fron the 1924 to 1926- 27, in the 1926 the model of jacket change and became with 4 pockets, and visible silvered buttons.
Savona brigate was a brigade of a permanente italian Army and during the WW2 was on the North Afrika Front.
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Grazie molto!
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Eheh not at all!!
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