Italian pin... Ww2 1st Fighter Squadron?

[BROBS]

Is that what this is?
Is the abbreviation for special operations?

The maker is interesting to me. Is it pre-WW2?

I picked this up at a swap meet from a friend simply because I found it interesting.
Thanks for any help.
-Brian

[NickG]

Wow to me an original Italian airforce squadron pin made by S.Johnson Milano.
Congrats.

[Controbanda]

[QUOTE=BROBS;7308772]Is that what this is?
Is the abbreviation for special operations?

The maker is interesting to me. Is it pre-WW2?

I picked this up at a swap meet from a friend simply because I found it interesting.
Thanks for any help.
-Brian

It is an aereonautica militare pin of the -prima brigata aerea intercettori teleguidati -that means anti aircraft Missiles unit , unit created in the '60.
Cheers

[quartostormoct]

1st fighter group pin

80's post war IT means intercettori teleguidati (missiles) =remoteli driven interceptor missile

[BROBS]

Dang. It looks way older than that to me!

Oh well it cost me a couple dollars maybe I'll just wear it.

[Controbanda]

Dang. It looks way older than that to me!

Oh well it cost me a couple dollars maybe I'll just wear it.

Hi brobs, if you buy a vintage MIM-14 nike Hercules missile you have the complete set

[NickG]

Oh too bad... it looked very WW2 to me...was off the mark on this one...
Indians on flight insignia I guess was more prevalent in France. My bad.
I was thinking anti aircraft as another possibility. Oh well...missile defense...
Johnson was a famous WW2 insignia maker btw, based in Milan and manufactured RSI insignia even.
I have Johnson marked ww2items....so they continued making insignia in the post war period...

[Raffaello Carola]

agree postwar.
cheers
Raffaello

[Semovente]

Hi brobs, if you buy a vintage MIM-14 nike Hercules missile you have the complete set

[Controbanda]

Oh too bad... it looked very WW2 to me...was off the mark on this one...
Indians on flight insignia I guess was more prevalent in France. My bad.
I was thinking anti aircraft as another possibility. Oh well...missile defense...
Johnson was a famous WW2 insignia maker btw, based in Milan and manufactured RSI insignia even.
I have Johnson marked ww2items....so they continued making insignia in the post war period...

..well nickG you are not totally offroad, this was the emblem of the 1st Stormo caccia during WWII till 1943 , in Rsi period was used by the 3rd squadron of the first fighter group, after the war became the insigna of the antiaircaft missile defence .unit
This is the last Macchi 205 available,with the a/m insigna that is in the Museo della scienza e della tecnica di Milano
Cheers