A question about collar tabs in Greco Albanian front

[hibacusa]

Hello everybody. I've just seen this tunic up for sale in snyderstreasures.com, that used to belong to an Artillery Lt named ALTO PIZZRRELLI. I'm very surprized and curious about the collars tabs (blue and white)..According to the seller, the tabs are coloured like this to "honor" the fight against Greece. I'm Greek myself and I haven't heard about such a thing before. Any further info would be appreciated. Thank you in advance. Nikos

[mufasa]

48ª Divisione Fanteria "Taro"
I do not know much about this division, but it seems that even during the First World War it had the same colors ...



ciao Oriano

[hibacusa]

Thank you Mufasa. That is correct. So nothing "honorable" to these tabs, as mr Snyder said (by the way, I've heard that he has passed away...)
The tabs are for 48th Infantry Division "Taro", part of wich (after December 1941) The tabs are for 48th Infantry Division "Taro", part of wich (after December 1941) was 48th artillery regiment (the only artillery unit of this Division). So the tunic should be worn by an Lt of this Regiment. Thank you anyways!

[hibacusa]

And for the history, here is a nice medallion of 48th artillery regiment, that has been sold on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ITALY-Regime...p2047675.l2557

[mufasa]

And for the history, here is a nice medallion of 48th artillery regiment, that has been sold on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ITALY-Regime...p2047675.l2557

this is a postwar medal of the 48 Gruppo Artiglieria da Campagna Taro constituited about 1975...

cioa Oriano

[Ironcrown]

I agree with Mufasa, and would like to add that the name doesn't sound correct in italian.
More likely his name was Aldo Pizzarelli, Pizzirelli or Pizzorelli.
Can you post a picture of the name tag?

[jmcm]

snyderstreasures.com was the late Charlie Snyder one of the biggest crooks and who ever is selling his stuff is probably a crook also!

[enorepap]

Hallo hibacusa

Undoubtedly this pre-war jacket is original. In fact, the black velvet collar edged with yellow-orange, the buttons, the shoulder straps and the rank's badges are fine. But there is a question: I do not see the yellow piping to the cuffs. Perhaps is it only the bad quality of the picture? The divisional collar patches are credible and their condition reflects the clean jacket. They add a certain value than a non-divisional arty jacket, however we are talking about a very common jacket. What is its price? Here, therefore, the whole game is to check the stitching of the collar patches and to understand the reason for the absence of the pipings to the cuffs. In any case, a jacket in my opinion, whose value is no more than euro 150.

Best regards