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[Mike]

Belgian WW1 maybe?? dont know nowt about this one - been in my junk box about 30 years !!



it's about 63mm high - looks like blades on the back (now snapped off)

[tynesideirish]

It's an Italian crown mate, I'm positive. Not Mounted, Mountain or Artillery so Infantry at a wild stab

[Mike]

you've cracked it-- did a google pic search for italian badges which took me to the jamie cross militara site and this in his italian fascists cloth insignia section. similar basic design.

thats enough for me to accept its likely 9th reg italian infantry probably WW1 but will check it out further to confirm...



isnt the internet a wonderful thing....

[Bydand]

Hello from Italy !
Sorry for my english.
Yes, it's a Royal italian army infantry badge, but I don't know for what kind of headdress!!!
May I post it on our Italian forum to better identufy it ?
Thank you.

[Mike]

Hi Bydand, welcome to the forum , yes please do, but don't forget to come back and tell us what it is!

[Bydand]

And here I am !

According to our experts, this is a badge of the 9th Infantry Regiment "Regina" of the Italian Royal Army.
It was introduced at the end of the '20s for use on the Adrian helmet (that was the standard italian helmet until the introduction of the model 1933) and "bustina" cap (sidecap).
The regiment was stationed in the isle of Rhodes on the Aegean Sea from 1924 to 1943 (Rhodes was an italian colony during that period).
The regiment still exists.

Hope this help !

[Bydand]

I miss to tell that this kind of badge ceased to be worn after 1945.

[shako_uk]

Originally Posted by Administrator

Belgian WW1 maybe?? dont know nowt about this one - been in my junk box about 30 years !!



it's about 63mm high - looks like blades on the back (now snapped off)

New to the Forum and skimming through the information rherein, I came across this item, which seems to have drawn various comments. An un-numbered version of this same badge is shown in one of Guido Rosignoli's books. He states that the badges were "brass shoulder plates, issued in 1934, to sergeants, corporals and privates and worn on the shoulder straps for guard, parade and special duties."

Brian

[guest_000]

I would agree with that more than it being on the Adrian helmet .

[Bydand]

No: shoulder boards badge are similar, but this is an head-dress badge.

[fearnaught]

Hi, I've always thought it depended on fixing. Lugs for board; tangs for helmet.Bydand, what is the address of Italian forum? I have some queries about Italian tank badges.

[Bydand]

This is the link:

www.blitzkriegmilitaria-forum.com

You must be logged as a member to view images, sorry.

[Bydand]

Oh ! ... it's free !

[wfrad]

I would go along with the shape would suggest shoulder plate, but the lugs suggest cap badge.
All the head dress badges I have seen don't look like this but who can dispute the Italian experts.
Cap Badge it is then.
Bydand [Watchful] The Gordon Highlander from Italy?

[fearnaught]

Hi, strictly speaking, it's a helmet badge, plate for the Adrian helmet.