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What Italian(?) unit is this?

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Post by subskipper » 17 Jan 2004, 14:03

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)


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Post by FB » 17 Jan 2004, 17:55

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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Post by subskipper » 17 Jan 2004, 19:18

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
Thanks for your answer!

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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Post by subskipper » 17 Jan 2004, 19:19

There are also some markings around the bolts on the sides of the helmet. Unfortunately they are impossible to make out.



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Post by Kenshiro » 17 Jan 2004, 20:01

is that not a grenadier from sardegna? Granadiere?
I dont know....maybe im wrong.

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Post by Odysseios » 01 Jan 2006, 14:51

The insigna is from "Autieri"= car and truck driver corps.

rgds

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Post by FRANCY RITTER » 04 Jan 2006, 09:53

Odysseios wrote:The insigna is from "Autieri"= car and truck driver corps.

rgds

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Yes is a Autieri fregio (insigna)... http://www.esercito.difesa.it/root/Unif ... gitram.asp

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Post by zaptiè » 09 Jan 2006, 19:55

Yes Autieri badge and probabily of Rsi because it was not the Savoy knot under the badge

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Post by Lupo Solitario » 09 Jan 2006, 20:25

zaptiè wrote:Yes Autieri badge and probabily of Rsi because it was not the Savoy knot under the badge
this doesn't agree with the script about Easter 1941...the badge is in very bad conditions and part could have easily been completely erased

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