Italian Insignia

[Ken B.]

Recently acquired a large grouping and these Italian insignia were included. Italian items are out of my area of collecting. Can anyone tell me what they all are?

[tankredi]

here you go.






the other ones are IMHO not Italian.

I would be very interested to know what the pin with the castle is.

[Ken B.]

Thanks very much. That's a great help!

[enorepap]

Hallo Ken

I particularly like the pair of collar tabs for Coastal Infantry

In the events that marked the decisive moments of WWII, the Italian Army was facing a direct threat to the national territory. Were thus formed the Coastal Divisions with the task of the static defense against sea-landings. The collar tabs of these units consisted of a rectangle containing an isosceles triangle: in this case 133rd & 147th regiments.

[Ken B.]

You fellas are a wealth of information. Thanks so much.

[tankredi]

Hallo Ken
The collar tabs of these units consisted of a rectangle containing an isosceles triangle: in this case 133rd & 147th regiments.

The 133rd was based in Sicily.

[enorepap]

You're right

208th coastal division: CO General Giovanni Marciani

133rd Rgt was formed on 06.20.1941 and was composed by 244, 423 and 498 coastal battalions

103rd autonomous coastal battalion

111th autonomous coastal battalion

28th coastal artillery battalion, 101st mortar coy., 164th AT coy. and
5 fortress units equipped with infantry heavy weapons.

Formed in December 1941 for the defence of Western Sicily.
Destroyed in July 1943.

[tankredi]

Formed in December 1941 for the defence of Western Sicily.
Destroyed in July 1943.

Do you know where exactly it was based and where it was destroyed?

[enorepap]

Hallo tankredi

If I remember well, the division was located in the area of Palermo and it dissolved, for the most part, as a result of the american attack, during the second-half of july.

There is an authoritative book about: A. Santoni, Le operazioni in Sicilia e Calabria, Roma, U.S.S.M.E., 1983, but, unfortunately, I haven't it now at hand.

[kanister]

Hi ken, excuse me, but is very strange that a person living in the US does not know the seven US collar disks.

[WalterB]

Hi ken, excuse me, but is very strange that a person living in the US does not know the seven US collar disks.

It is all relative. I bet you he has forgotten more about WWII German helmets than you will ever know!

[kanister]

It is all relative. I bet you he has forgotten more about WWII German helmets than you will ever know!

Yes, but I don't collect German helmets not even insignia, but only Beretta pistols.

[tiziano buttier]

For US collar disk i see 1 of military poilice, 1 of artillery, 1 of fantery and che castle I don't remenber exactly but i think GENIO ( sorry for the italian word).

[kanister]

I don't remenber exactly but i think GENIO ( sorry for the italian word).

Engineers.

[blinky]

For US collar disk i see 1 of military poilice, 1 of artillery, 1 of fantery and che castle I don't remenber exactly but i think GENIO ( sorry for the italian word).

And coast artillery, armor and signals.

These are enlisted collar insignia that are missing the disk that would normally be behind the device.