italian collars

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A topic already covered. I thought of making a summary table of the variants of the artillery and engineers' collar patches of the coastal divisions and brigades:

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Machine gun officer 1943. If authentic, a very desirable piece. I say if, for the following reasons:

- the ribbon was established by circular order of the War Ministry of November 1941, no. 97100, and then renewed by the decree of the President of the Republic of November 17, 1948, n. 1590, art. 4, Establishment of a badge for the 1940-43 war period and a badge of the war of liberation (published in the Official Gazette general series n.27 of February 3, 1949) and by the decree of the President of the Republic of May 6, 1959, n. 399, Commemorative medals of the 1940-43 war period and the war of liberation (published in the Official Gazette general series n. 148 of June 24, 1959) and it is still in force. Consequently it was produced in large quantities after the war.

- The same reasoning can be applied to the collar patches. Created during the First World War, they were reintroduced in 1934, but nevertheless still included in the latest series of additions and variations to the 1971 regulation.

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Royal Finance Guard badges:

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Colonial Blackshirts

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M40 jacket of a 2nd lieutenant of the Pistoia Division. Please note the red piping at the cuffs. I used to own a Savoy Cavalry jacket with the same peculiarity:

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M34 Infantry Major of the Firenze Regiment (with a strange rank's badge loop over the cuff ...)

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My attempt to design an artillery captain's visor:

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An original Infantry Captain and my attempt to design it:

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Full parade dress' metal shoulder straps for field officers of the mountain artillery and field artillery:

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Full parade dress' metal shoulder straps for Engineers' company officer:

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Fieldcap officer's badge of the 12th Cavalry Regiment:

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Infantry Officer's badge:

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And now the badges of the Border Guards' Artillery and Engineers:

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Cavalry visor:

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M40 jacket of a 2nd lieutenant of the Pistoia Division. Please note the red piping at the cuffs. I used to own a Savoy Cavalry jacket with the same peculiarity:

Hello enorepap you're doing a great job ..☺...i have this M34 Majors tunic with the same red piping on the cuffs you spoke of , but this was odd to find on M40 tunics then !?