Italian tankette in Irak

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I come back later to this l futurist synthesisc of the cavalry tanks......
always with reference : a special tank officer who wrote in 1934 to a lady .... captain Ettore Crippa.....

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Cap. Ettore Crippa falls into his CV33 , killed by Abyssinians, December 15, 1935in action at Dombeguinà, decorated with a gold medal at v.m..... note the CV 33 behind the monument....

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and also in Ethiopia it was not easy for the CV33, especially for the very diffiult terrain ..... the Italians lost several tanks and several crews in action ..... here are some Ansaldo captured by the enemy ....

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and even some medals and some postcards ... 4th Tank Regiment: a glorious tank unit.
In 1939 was situated in Albania (here is a photo) and then moved in June 1940 in North Africa

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we have some postcards of this regiment... that's one is of the first, published in 1937 (the "fourth" was form in 1936)

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but a couple of years later, in 1939, by the regiment commander. Colonel Giovanni D'Antoni , and an idea and an idea and an engraving (the subject is a medal) of the artist Michelassi of Florence we have this new postcard....... and the luck of the collectors in the habit of exchange postcards within the regiment....

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the regimental stamp.....,

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and the 4th Tank Regiment was completely destroyed January 25, 1941, during the defense of Tobruk, after his tankette, fuel-free, have become fixed focus centers. the Regiment deserves the highest Italian award, the gold medal for military valor, to its flag. During this battle to prevent the War Flag is captured by the enemy, he decides to burn it. A few fragments are kept by some members of the regiment......

two Australian photos of CV35 tanks captured between Bardia and Tobruk in January 1941 (note the Solothurn anti tank rifle)

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and the medal from Michelassi

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the medal details

PONDERE ET IGNE IUVAT (approximately : take vantage from weight and fire.)

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Your collection is really extensive Oriano

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Your collection is really extensive Oriano

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Mufasa....more fab stuff from your vast collection......i have been rakin through my stuff & found out this little tank badge...i think its a drivers badge ??...is that correct ?...cheers & keep up the great work...Semovente....

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Mufasa....more fab stuff from your vast collection......i have been rakin through my stuff & found out this little tank badge...i think its a drivers badge ??...is that correct ?...cheers & keep up the great work...Semovente....

It is the classic badge of Italian tank drivers, but I think that no crew of the CV33/35 have ever taken because it was permanently authorized exactly 7th July 1943, and shortly before the armistice of 8 September ....
There was much discussion and whether it was used also after the september 1943 , probably existed prototypes or commercial samples (it is said with the Savoy knot) but outside of this soldier of the Leonessa of the RSI I don't know any other, and the first pictures of Italian tanks crew that I know is in the early 50 ....

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but It remains (in my opinion, but obviously I am not objective!) one of the most beautiful badge to tank drivers .... or not?