italian collars

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and now, just to give an idea of the infinite combinations of the collars of the Italian royal army uniforms (in my opinion comparable for beauty only to the Polish cavalry), some drawings to guide our foreign friends in this labyrinth:

Albanian troops

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two-pointed flames

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Infantry (samples):

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Border Guard 1:

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Border Guard 2:

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Grenadiers

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machine-gun units

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motorized units

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1940 mg, anti-tank and mortars units:

mitraglieri controcarri mortai.jpg

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1940 border guard

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If this colorful thread is of interest to you, I can continue ...

[NickG]

So many variations. YES please do. I have at least a dozen Italian tunics and separate mostrina and all are different in this area,
which makes these so interesting! Your images are clearer than this chart!

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Hallo Nick

I'm glad you like my drawings. The card you posted illustrates the collar patches of the army of the Italian Republic a few years ago. The images that I am putting (I must admit quite messily) are instead relative to the years 1933-1934 in which the colored lapels were introduced and then to 1940 in which the system was simplified for the needs of war.

That being the case, I enclose some other drawings

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1940 two-pointed flames

fiamme a due punte.jpg

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single-pointed flames with piping: