italian collars

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As I said, in 1936 were adopted grey-green uniforms in Italian-style with open collars.

General officers and (partly) Royal Guard officers: a three bay-leaves embroidery on the dark blue collar; shoulder-boards in german-style with silver five-pointed stars (for the generals); a bay-leaves embroidery around the band of the visor (for the generals), with a Skanderbeg-helmet on the top and the rank badges below

Officers: dark blue collar; four golden buttons and four pockets; visor with Skanderbeg-helmet on the top and rank badges on the front band:

Company officers wore their rank on the colour-piped shoulder-straps (1-3 five-pointed golden stars)

Field officers wore their rank on the colour-piped shoulder-straps (1-3 five-pointed golden stars and a golden braid around the shoulder-straps)

The officers visor had a golden double chincords in german-style or a black leather chinstrap according to the occasions of use

Nco's and enlisted ranks wore a grey-green uniform with hidden buttons and without darker collar; collar patches were made in austrian parolli-style; they
wore their ranks on the colour-piped shoulder-straps (1-4 horizontal bars ) and visors with Skanderbeg-helmet on the top (Royal Guard) or a golden Z I (other units) and rank bars over a colored rectangle on the front band.

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Let's start with some King Zogu images:

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This is my reconstruction of the gray-green winter uniform and the white summer one of Zogu:

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Zogu had another peculiarity: a horde of sisters particularly attracted by uniforms:

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This is my reconstruction of the gray-green winter uniform and the white summer one of Zogu's sisters:

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Some Zogu sisters were also actively engaged in the direction of a uniformed women's organization:

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And now the Generals. This is (CoS two-stars) General Anaritasi:

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This is my reconstruction of the gray-green winter uniform and the white summer one of Zogu's Generals (one-star):

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Royal Guard (grey-green uniform)

There was also a ceremonial uniform in a quite austrian hussards-style but this is beyond my interest because it was a little too anachronistic

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This is my reconstruction of the gray-green Royal Guard uniform (soldier, 2nd lieutenant and colonel), chincords and chinstraps as described above:

[Semovente]

Enorepap more excellent info ......you say it might not be of much interest !..well its is & quite fantastic !? dare i say almost a little comical ..with clearly playboy Zog & his Sisters in (like seein women in uniform at this time !! )..patent leather boots , caps worn at a jaunty angle almost Charlie Chaplin like !..but a the same time very interesting & little known about i would guess outside the country of Albania its self ?..i would think any of the uniforms are well rare & few if any survive ?...lovin it Semovente

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An image of Count Ciano. In the foreground a sergeant of the Royal Guard in ceremonial uniform in the act of military saluting

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Other units:

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This is my reconstruction of the gray-green Infantry uniform (corporal and lieutenant):

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Artillery (private 1st class and sergeant):