Regio Esercito field cap Mod. 1934

[OldSteel]

Hello everyone,
I show you some Field Caps M35 for Regio Esercito Officers of WW2 period in my collection, it is a variant of the previous Mod. 1934, but with the visor made in 2 pieces.

1) Field Cap M35-80th Infantry Regiment "Roma"; Pasubio Division.
This example belonged to a Russian Front Veteran, Second Lieutenant of this unit that was inserted in the CSIR (Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia) and fought on Russian Front since the summer 1941 to january 1943 by taking part in many important battles, losing 80% of its soldiers.



Below other elements belonging to the same person:

2) Russian Front Badge.
This award was distributed to all the Veterans of that Campaign, that they were very proud to wear it.


3)Pin for civilian clothes used in the post war.


4)Commemorative Medal.
Commemorative medal distributed in occasion of 80th Reg. Monument inauguration, it happened in the City of Mantua in 1964; in this City was the headquarters of the 80th during WW2.


Cheers
Roberto

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[lupodelnord]

wonderful!

[KMMorris]

Some very nice Italian items

[Scott Banaszynski]

Great caps. Thanks for sharing.

[paul kennedy]

Thank you for sharing this thread. I know it's a few years old, but it's helpful to those learning about Italian headgear. I was curious about the 2 piece visor examples. This thread answered my questions.