WWII Italian Berretto/Visor.."Post your makers"

[BPA-Paul]

Hi Guys,

"Post your visor makers".....

Thought I would start a thread regarding the WWII Italian Berretto/Visor cap relating to makers/fabricators of (WWII pre "45") made caps, hopefully an informative data base we can be put together for future reference.

I have designed some plates to help out new collectors or any collector who has an interest in Italian visor cap makers, There is a small list of makers I have gathered over time from a very informative and helpful forum member(marcello ),
there is also a plate for visor Insignia ranking and Insignia of branches/units to help you out in identifying what you may have or what you may have seen at a local shows but are unable to identify the piece, so I hope this helps you out.

I will post some makers from my collection to start the thread.

So feel free to post.. "your Italian visor makers"

Regards,Paul.

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- S.A. MARINI, Genova
- DE CIUCEIS, Corso Umberto I°, 12, Napoli
- L.Beretta & Co., Successori Farè, Fornitori della R.Casa, Milano-Roma-Torino-Napoli;
- Unione Militare (main seat in Roma and offices in many other italian towns, in Lybia - if I remember well Tripoli and Derna - and in some occupied countries, such as Athens;
- A.Brambilla, Milano, v. Adua, 2;
- Tribuno;
-G.Buoninconti, Bolzano, Fornitore di SAR il Duca di Pistoia;
-Busnelli e Regonesi, Fiume, v. Italo Balbo, 15;
-Ideal;
-Littoria;
-De Falco, Napoli, Corso Umberto I°, 123;
- Molinari & Leoni, Successori Cesati, Roma, v. Belsiana 71;
- Giovinazzi e Fulgenzi, Roma, v. dei Prefetti, 15;
- Oreste PRINCIPATO, v.della...71, Roma;
- GIBERTINI, Corso Mazzini 2, Ancona;
- GIOVINAZZI Renato, v.Cola di Rienzo 385, Roma;
- Giuseppe CAMBIAGHI;
- cav. CAPRIOLO Secondo Ernesto & Figli, Bologna;
- ISAJA cav. Angelo, v. XX Settembre 34-36, Siracusa;
- R. MONTUCCHELLI, succ. A.Raveggi, Firenze;
- F.lli PASI S.A., Firenze - Monza - Lastra a Signa;
- GERMANI, Genova;
- Vito RUSSO (pith helmets);
- W. MELETTI, Ferrara (this was a tailoring atelier);
- FORNI Eros, Mirandola (this was a tailoring atelier);
- EXTRA;
- CIGNA Tommaso e Melchiorre, v. Roma 25, Torino;
- M.S. FRABONI, v. Nazionale, Ancona;
- PIEDIMONTE, Roma;
- Ditta NERI, Roma;
- IND.ITAL.BERRETTI, via Diaz 15-17-19, Treviso;
- NEGRINI, Milano;
- CAVAZZI, v. Garibaldi 31, Parma;
- CORUZZOLO, Napoli;
- R. PICCHIETTI;
- LA GUMINA, Genova;
- CAESAR;
- Pietro CASTORINA, Catania;
- E. NASTRI, v. Arsenale 32, Torino;
- FEDERIGI, Genova;
- MANUCCI, La Spezia;
- COMOLLI Achille, S.Eufemia 21.

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Also if anyone has period makers advertising from magazines, please post pics of them.

Thanks guys.

Regards,Paul.

[Raffaello Carola]

Paul
nice thread with an great photoshop work, Thanks!
in the coming days I will add photo logos,of some factory
manufacturer of hats to create an good database.
cheers
Raffaello

[chainsawrich]

[BPA-Paul]

Paul
nice thread with an great photoshop work, Thanks!
in the coming days I will add photo logos,of some factory
manufacturer of hats to create an good database.
cheers
Raffaello

Thank you Raffaello , Im looking foward to see some more Italian makers.

Nice cap Chainsawrich, one of the nicer makers of Italian visors.

Paolo.

[Raffaello Carola]

some visor factory makers

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[Raffaello Carola]

factory Mercurio of Palermo is very interesting with the logo USA
the cap is pre 1938

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Very nice Raffaello , I have never seen some of those makers before I really like the maker.. La Patriottica logo.

Cant wait to see more.

Thanks for sharing Paolo.