full of photos and information to look better with more time ...
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and to close (for the moment) two beautiful photos of Italian tankers in SpainComment
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Great contribution. Love the Spanish civil war documentation and images! Rare!Comment
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Mufasa..greetings my friend..great items on Spain ..rare indeed...found some interesting Italian armour pics for you.. I love the one with the tankers taking a well earned break !..also all the kit strapped to their steed !..plus in the other pic the numerous sand bags can be seen added for extra protection !Comment
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These are interesting too...car'nt quite make out helmet stencils but i think the troops are CC.NN with some sort of A.P.C. ...possible in Russia or the Balkens ..??..the other is a truck in use as A.A platform..20mm Breda by the looks of it !.Comment
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very nice addition: Balkens..... Autoprotetto Fiat SPA A.S. 37 Coloniale....Originally posted by Semovente View Post
production began late in 1941 was almost exclusively used in Yousoslavia by Italians (later by the Germans) against Tito's partisans ....Comment
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But I return to our NCO tank crewman in Spain to complete certificatesComment
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provisional authorization for volunteer badge signed (stamp) by the commander of the Italian troops in Spain Gneral Mario RoattaComment
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and the original authorization with the handwritten signature of Colonel Valentino Babini (we had seen behind with its postcard still from Spain as commander of "Raggruppamento Carrisiti"Comment
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and Colonel Babini in spanish uniform and his CV35 in parade in Madrid....Comment
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But the most interesting and rare piece of this lot is certainly the commemorative calendar for 1939 (then published in late 1938)Comment
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It is a book very nice in shape and binding, probably intended for officers and NCO of the unit ....
the fallen tank drivers untile end 1938, the injured,
individual and collective awards.....Comment
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but above all the complete list of the of tank soldiers fallen in Spain (and d decorated, and the list of the officers of the Raggruppamento Carristi....
and on the top of the list Major Paolo Palladini (a Gold Medal for Bravery to the memory, at the head of his tank drivers, and already, also in Spain, another Silver Medal and a war promotion )Comment
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Maggiore Mario Palladini : Hombre sin miedo (man without fear)Comment
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