Italian Blackshirt uniform

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Italian Blackshirt uniform

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Post by roma36 » 23 Mar 2019, 13:36

Hi - This is a photo of my wife's grandfather. He served in the 215th Legione CC NN and was killed in 1936. Is anyone able to tell me if his helmet badges indicate anything? Like rank etc.

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Post by jwsleser » 23 Mar 2019, 15:56

Sadly nothing more than we already know. He is wearing the typical uniforme coloniale of the period. The fasces confirms he is CC.NN. Rank would be worn on the sleeves (cuff or arms). The fregio on the casco is unreadable. The other objective you have highlighted is a pair of googles that is normally worn in that location.
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Post by roma36 » 23 Mar 2019, 20:06

Many thanks again Jeff. I never would have guessed about the goggles - that's a great piece of information.

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Post by zaptiè » 25 Mar 2019, 13:56

Jeff, the casco in photo is not tipical , but late WWII with badge painted ( I konw it very well, it' s mine!). In 1936 campaign the badge was in Yellow metal. . In this case I desume are a 2 crossed gladios with a fascio with a tablet in roman style( that appare in original photo)with unit number.

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Post by jwsleser » 25 Mar 2019, 15:33

zaptiè

I was trying to find a picture of the googles on the side of helmet from Roma to see. I used the one above from U&A 186. It is a very nice casco.

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Post by zaptiè » 25 Mar 2019, 18:44

Yes , i wrote this article on "Uniformi e Armi", basated on my collection.
This is only one of many kinds of googles in use.

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Post by roma36 » 25 Mar 2019, 21:36

Have any of you seen the badge on my helmet before? Just trying to find out if there's any other significance. It seems quite modest to others I've seen.

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