italian collars

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First row, from left to right:

- Motorized Infantry Valtellina Regiments of the Trieste division
- Motorized MG units

Second row, from left to right:

- Alpine MG units
- Alpine chemical units

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Republican special five-pointed stars:

- Military adviser to the President of the Republic
- Deputy military adviser to the President of the Republic and military attachés

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Pavia division OoB (October 1942) and full collar patches:

27th Infantry Regiment
28th Infantry Regiment
26th Field Artillery Regiment "Rubicone" with three battalions (75/27 mm) and two antiaircraft batteries, 401st and 404th
17th Engineers' mixed battalion
21st medical section with 66th and 84th field hospitals
71st field bakery section
207th transport section
679th Royal Carabineers (military police) section
54th military post office

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Currently the 28th "Pavia" Regiment is a unit for "operational communications". In fact, since 2004 it has been reorganized with operational communications and psychological warfare tasks, which it carries out through its battalion divided into three companies specialized in the production of print and electronic, television and radio materials and in their dissemination. From 1 September 2014 it is directly dependent on the Army Special Forces Command, for support to the Italian Special Forces.

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Pre-WW1 Infantry officer badge

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Warrant officer of the Border Guard's Engineers

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10th Grenadiers of Savoy officer

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Horse Artillery enlisted khepì:

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Current visor of a Captain of the Assault Engineers:

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Nice photogallery about the battle of Gela:

http://www.gelacittadimare.it/la%20b...di%20Gela.html

Best regards

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The collar patches of the Italian Army in the year 2007:

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Some nice portraits of personnel of the Acqui division killed by the Germans in Cefalonia island:

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2-nd lieutenant of the Brennero division:

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Casale division OoB (1943) and full collar patches table

11th Infantry Regiment
12th Infantry Regiment
56th Field Artillery Regiment with three battalions
56th mortars battalion (81 mm)
151st antitank company (47/32 mm)
47th Engineers' company
56th rediotelegraph mixed company
35th photoelectric section

The Casale division was reinforced by:
6th Royal Carabineers battalion
20th Blackshirts battalion
36th Blackshirts battalion
2nd battery of the 33rd Field Artillery Regiment
119th Army Corps Artillery battalion
3rd company of the 8th RoyalFinance Guard battalion

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An obsolete Republic Casale collar patch made of celluloid (rigid plastic)