Italian OoBs needed !

[arpitec]

For "Operation TRIO" in Bosnia (NDH)

1st Mt Div. "Taurinense"

5th Mt Div. "Pusteria"

22nd Inf. Div. "Cacciatori delle Alpi"

Thank you !

[FB]

Hi, I'll begin with the 1st Divisione Alpina "Taurinense".

First of all it must be said that Taurinense and Pusteria were not Mountain Division in the official nomenclature. They were Alpini Divisions. Regio Esercito had in its OoBs some Infantry Division called "Mountain" (the main difference between a "normal" Infantry and a mountain Inf. is that the arty Rgt of the latter had one or two packed arty groups), and tehy were not the same as Alpini.

That said here's an OoB for 1a Divisione Alpina "Taurinense" (beginning of 1942): CO Gen. Lorenzo Vivalda

3° Reggimento Alpini (3rd Alpini Regiment) CO Col. Maggiorino Anfosso

Alpini Btl Pinerolo CO Maj. Rocco Montù

Alpini Btl Fenestrelle CO Maj. Franco Nasso

Alpini Btl Exilles CO Lt. Col. Armando Farinacci

4° Reggimento Alpini (4th Alpini Regiment) CO Col. Alessandro Fiorio di San Cassiano

Alpini Btl Ivrea CO Lt. Col. Carlo Vittorio Musso

Alpini Btl Aosta CO Maj. Tito Corsini

Alpini Btl Intra CO Maj. Alfredo Cosenza

1° Reggimento Artiglieria Alpina (1st Alpine Artillery Regiment) CO Col. Germano Beccaria

Alpine Arty. Group Susa CO Capt. Ugo Rabino Bolley

Alpine Arty. Group Aosta CO Maj. Carlo Ravnich



1° Battaglione Misto Genio (Engeneer Btl) CO Maj. Giuseppe Robotti


I have to go, right now. As soon as I collect it, I'll post the "Pusteria" Oob.


Best regards

[arpitec]

Molto Grazie !

[Lupo Solitario]

without many details of FB description:

5th Alpine Division "Pusteria"
7th Alpini Regiment: battalions "Feltre", "Belluno", "Pieve di Cadore"
11th Alpini Regiment: battalions "Trento", "Bolzano", "Bassano"
5th Alpine Artillery Regiment: battalions "Lanzo", "Belluno"
5th Engineer Battalion

22nd Infantry Division "Cacciatori delle Alpi"
51st Infantry Regiment
52nd Infantry Regiment
1st Field Artillery Regiment

bye
Lupo

[FB]

I'm back. All I found about Pusteria Division has already been posted by Lupo Solitario (thanks ). I wasn't able to finde the commanders name for the Pusteria, sorry.

Best regards

[TheManchesterRegiment]

Please can anyone tell me a brief account of the 1st Taurinense Alpine Div in WW.2 as reguards to which German units they served with etc I have received a green Shield for this unit and was told it was the Commando group attached to German forces??? I want to display it with my Shield collection but know nothing about it any help would be most welcome thank you David.

[Lupo Solitario]

mmm...I'm perplexed

a) it's first time I hear about a commando group connected with taurinense
b) taurinense had few connections with germans during WWII
c)it's frequent mistake in anglos to confond the word "comando" (one "m") and "commando" (two "m") which have different meaning
d) italian WWII shields are rare

it would be better you try to post here a pic of the object...

[TheManchesterRegiment]

Hi sorry so long getting back bin in hospital again hopefuly this picture should upload ok it came from Italy last year and is in origional condition as far as i know

[Lupo Solitario]

all right. That's simply the standard sleeve shield for 1st alpine division "Taurinense". No connection of any kind with germans. Note that this kind of stuff had been in use from 1934 to 1940, after that they had been abolished and it's very rare to see them on italian wartime uniforms.

[TheManchesterRegiment]

Thank you Lupo for your reply I am glad I now know something about this shield and can now frame it with a description many thanks for your time David

[zaptiè]

This it's a shield for enlisted and nco , officiers type was different