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  2. Bersaglieri - Wikipedia

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    The most famous action of the Bersaglieri occurred on 20 September 1870, when the XII Bersaglieri Battalion stormed Rome through a breach created by Italian artillery in the Aurelian Walls near Porta Pia leading to the capture of Rome and end of the temporal power of the Pope, thus completing the unification of Italy. A monument was erected in ...

  3. Uniforms of the Italian Armed Forces - Wikipedia

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    The Italian Air Force special forces unit, the 17th Raiders Wing (Italian: 17° Stormo Incursori), was created during the Second World War. They are equipped with a military green uniform, including a multi-pocket jacket used to hold any kind of equipment or other devices needed in order to ensure versatility and total functionality when in use.

  4. Cappello alpino - Wikipedia

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    The Cappello Alpino is the most distinctive feature of the Italian Army's Alpini troops' uniform. The Alpini are light Infantry troops, specializing in mountain combat . Initially, the Cappello was only issued to the Alpini, but soon the Cappello was adopted by the Alpini Corps' support units like artillery, signals, and engineers.

  5. Italian Army gorget patches - Wikipedia

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    Italian Army gorget patches (Italian: Mostreggiature or Italian: Mostrine) are worn by all army personnel on the collars of the shirts and jackets of their service uniforms and formal uniforms. The gorget patches identify the arm (Infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineer, signals, transport and material), corps (Health, commissariat, engineers ...

  6. 8th Bersaglieri Regiment - Wikipedia

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    Bersaglieri halt the Russian advance during the Battle of the Chernaya in Crimea in 1855 Second from right: Bersagliere in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1901. On 1 January 1871 the 8th Bersaglieri Regiment was formed in Palermo with the III Battalion, V Battalion, XII Battalion, and XXIII Battalion, which were transferred from the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment.

  7. 10th Bersaglieri Regiment - Wikipedia

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    The 10th Bersaglieri Regiment (Italian: 10° Reggimento Bersaglieri) is an inactive unit of the Italian Army last based in Palermo in Sicily. The regiment is part of the Italian Army's infantry corps' Bersaglieri speciality. The regiment was formed in 1871 by the Royal Italian Army with preexisting battalions.

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  9. 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment - Wikipedia

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    For its service in Ethiopia between 3 October 1935 and 5 May 1936 the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment was awarded a Military Order of Italy, which was affixed to the regiment's flag. [6] [8] [9] On 16 December 1936 the 3rd Bersaglieri Regiment returned to Livorno, where on the same day the XXV Battalion and LXXXIII Reinforcements Battalion were disbanded.