What Italian(?) unit is this?
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What Italian(?) unit is this?
My work mate found this helmet at his summer house during a clean up. The helmet lining is marked Pasqua -41 Cap. Riva Oreste 1914
The helmet looks Italian, but the name sounds Spanish. Does anyone recognise the name and the unit insignia on the front of the helmet)
~Henric Edwards
The helmet looks Italian, but the name sounds Spanish. Does anyone recognise the name and the unit insignia on the front of the helmet)
~Henric Edwards
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The translation of the helmet' lining would be:
Easter -41 Cap. Riva Oreste 1914
Cap. should be the short for Capitano - Captain but could also stay for Caporale - Corporal. This last is ususally shortened in C.le, but all to many times I've seen it shortened in Cap.
I'd say that 1914 would be the year when Mr Oreste Riva was born.
I was forgetting: the language is Italian, the name is also Italian. Riva is a pretty common family name in Italy, particularly in the northern part of the Country.
Do you happen to know the origin of the helmet? I'm asking because the emblem on it is not clear enough from the pcture you posted to understand what it is. I only can figure out a "3" in the little circle in the emblem, and that usually stands, in the Army, for the Regiment Number, but it is not always so.
If the little circle is a bomb, surrounded by a flame, then the emblem could be that of "Genio Guastatori" (Fighting Engeneers).
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Easter -41 Cap. Riva Oreste 1914
Cap. should be the short for Capitano - Captain but could also stay for Caporale - Corporal. This last is ususally shortened in C.le, but all to many times I've seen it shortened in Cap.
I'd say that 1914 would be the year when Mr Oreste Riva was born.
I was forgetting: the language is Italian, the name is also Italian. Riva is a pretty common family name in Italy, particularly in the northern part of the Country.
Do you happen to know the origin of the helmet? I'm asking because the emblem on it is not clear enough from the pcture you posted to understand what it is. I only can figure out a "3" in the little circle in the emblem, and that usually stands, in the Army, for the Regiment Number, but it is not always so.
If the little circle is a bomb, surrounded by a flame, then the emblem could be that of "Genio Guastatori" (Fighting Engeneers).
Best regards
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Thanks for your answer!FB wrote:The translation of the helmet' lining would be:
Easter -41 Cap. Riva Oreste 1914
Cap. should be the short for Capitano - Captain but could also stay for Caporale - Corporal. This last is ususally shortened in C.le, but all to many times I've seen it shortened in Cap.
I'd say that 1914 would be the year when Mr Oreste Riva was born.
I was forgetting: the language is Italian, the name is also Italian. Riva is a pretty common family name in Italy, particularly in the northern part of the Country.
Do you happen to know the origin of the helmet? I'm asking because the emblem on it is not clear enough from the pcture you posted to understand what it is. I only can figure out a "3" in the little circle in the emblem, and that usually stands, in the Army, for the Regiment Number, but it is not always so.
If the little circle is a bomb, surrounded by a flame, then the emblem could be that of "Genio Guastatori" (Fighting Engeneers).
Best regards
Unfortunately I cannot produce a better image of the insignia, it's actually more visible on the photo than in real life. :) The little circle with the "3" inside looks more like a cog then a bomb, but the image above it does indeed look like a smoking bomb with wings protruding to the sides.
As to the origins of the helmet; I really don't know. My work mate found it his summer home, and it is very possible that his father bought it from an antique dealer some years ago. Where he got it from I don't know.
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Henric
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Yes is a Autieri fregio (insigna)... http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/Unif ... gitram.aspOdysseios wrote:The insigna is from "Autieri"= car and truck driver corps.
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