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This section of the website is dedicated to provide information to allow for the identification of military items from Italy. A military antiques price guide is also provided.

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ITALIAN - AIR FORCE




1. WWII Italian Air Force Anti-Aircraft Button Jacket - This is a silver metal button. Crossed canons with wings to eah side.


2. Italian Dive Bomber Aircraft Qualification Badge (Tuffatori) - Of metal construction. Oval shape. Lightning bolt in center. Crown on top.


3. Early Italian Air Force Cloth Wings - White - Rectangular cloth patch. OD background. Propellor with wings. White color.





4. Early Italian Air Force Cloth Wings - Yellow - Rectangular cloth patch. OD background. Propellor with wings. Yellow color.



ITALIAN - ARMY




1. WWII Italian Mountain Sharpshooter Cap Badge - Crossed rifles with horn in center. Gray color. Metal construction. Eagle in flight placed on top.


2. Italian Army Alpine Driver Badge - Steering wheel with lightning bolts in lower section. Wings to each side. An eagle in flight placed above. Gray color.


3. WWII Italian Army Engineers Cockade - Crossed long handle axes. Flaming bomb placed on top. A cross is placed in center of bomb. Of metal construction. Gold color.




4. Italian WWII Fascist Jacket Button - This is a metal, silver button with an eagle in center. Wings open. Standing on branch.


5. WWII Italian Army Fascist Star - This is a metal five-pointed star. Silver color. Protruded design.


6. WWII Anti-Aircraft Artillery Medal - This is a medal without the ribbon. Bronze color. Arched drawing a bow.




7. MVSN Medical Collar Tab - Two finger design. Metal construction of Green color. Five pointed silver star attached.


8. WWII Italian Colonoal Forces Badge - Metal axe design with a circle at the base. Black background with a bronze cross at center.


9. MVSN Medical Collar Tab - Two finger design. Metal construction of Green color. Five pointed silver star attached.




10. Italian State Police Cap Badge - This is a metal eagle. Gold color. Red shield on chest. Crown placed in upper section.


11. WWII Italian Sharpshooter Officer’s (Bersaglier) Shoulder Board - Of metal construction. Crossed horns. Flaming bomb in center. Bronze color.


12. Italian State Police Cap Badge - This is a metal eagle. Gold color. Red shield on chest. Crown placed in upper section.




13. Italian Military Training School Badge - This is a rectangular wool piece. Plastic insignia. Red background with yellow crossed rifles.


14. WWII Italian 59th Infantry Division Badge - Of metal construction. Flaaming bomb with crossed rifles behind. Copper center.


15. Italian Medal Ribbon with Star - This is a bicolor eibbon. Red background with three whhite stripes. Metal star attached to one end.









ITALIAN - PARATROOPER




1. Italian Parachutist Badge - Of metal construction. Silver color. Set of wings with a star at center. Parachute on top.


2. WWII Italian Folgore Parachute Division - Parachutist Badge - This is a parachute with a ring attached to the bottom. Light Blue background.


3. Italian Paratrooper Collar Tab - Two tone Blue plastic construction. Five pointed metal star near base. Bronze metal sword.





4. WWII Italian Parachutist Patch - This is a rectangular cloth patch. Blue background with a white parachute that has a sword in front.


5. WWII Italian Folgore Parachute Division - Parachutist Patch - Of wool construction. OD background. Yellow patachute with a ring attached to the bottom.


6. WWII Italian Folgore Parachute Division - Sergeant Major - This is a gold vhevron. OD background.







ITALIAN - PATCHES




1. WWII Italian P.N.F. Officer's Cap Badge - This is a heavily bullion eagle. Khaki color background. The eagle is standing over a bar.


2. WWII Waffen SS Italian Volunteer Patch - Red cloth background. White eagle standing over a bar. Wings have a tip protruding one line over.


3. WWII Italian Guardia di Finanza Hat Insignia - Of gray wool backround. heavily bullion flaming torch with crossed horns.





4. WWII Italian Infantry (Fanteria) Cap Badge - Of wool construction. Gray background. Crossed rifles with a circle at center.


5. WWII Ialian 3rd Sharpshooters Patch - Gray wool background. Circle at center with number 3 inside. Flaming torch above.


6. WWII Italian Fascist Artillery DICAT Milizia Patch - Wool background. Circle at base. Crossed canons. mast on top.





7. WWII Italian Infantry (Fanteria) Patch - This is a white background patch. Two crossed rifles with a gear in center that has a cross inside.


8. Italian Colonial Eagle Wool Patch - This is a wool gray background patch. Yellow italian eagle with a burgundy shield in chest. White cross inside the shield.


9. WWII Italian fascist GNR RSI Cap Insignia - Wool construction. OD color background. Red eagle with spread wings.





10. WWII Italian Navy Octopus Patch - Of wool construction. OD background. Black octopus with the head displaying the letters AB.


11. WWII Italian 87th Infantry Officer’s Cap Badge - This is a wool patch with an OD backgorund. Crossed rifles with circle displaying unit 87.


12. WWII Italian San marco marine Collar Insigina - Rectangular red patch. Felt construction. Yellow lion with wings holding a device.





13. Post WWII Hat Insignia - This is an oval patch. OD background. Five pointed black star with a crown on top.








ITALIAN - RANK




1. WWII Italian Folgore Parachute Division - Senior Warrant Officer Ordinary - Gold color background. Three horizontal bars. Black color with Yellow markings.


2. WWII Italian Folgore Parachute Division - Senior Warrant Officer Chief - Rectangular shape. Gold background. Two Black horizontal bars with Yellow markings.


3. WWII Italian Folgore Parachute Division - Senior Warrant Officer Major - This is a cloth rank. Gold backgorund. Black single horizontal bar. Black with yellow markings.





4. WWII Italian Army Caporal Major Rank - Of cloth construction. Khaki color background. Three red chevrons with the top one being thicker.


5. WWII Italian Army Caporal Rank - This is cloth rank. Khaki background. Two red chevrons with the upper one being thicker.


6. WWII Italian Army Private Rank - This is a single red chevron with a khaki background.





7. WWII Italian Army Capitano Rank - Rectangular cloth rank. Khaki background. Three yellow stars.


8. WWII Italian Army Tenente Rank - Of cloth construction. Khaki backgorund. Two five-pointed stars placed in center.


9. WWII Italian Army Aspirante Rank - Khaki backgorund with a single, five-pointed yellow star front center.




10. WWII Italian Army Colonnello Rank - This is a rectangular cloth patch. Khaki background. Yellow border and three stars.


11. WWII Italian Army Tenente Colonnello Rank - Khaki background with a yellow border. Two yellow, five-pointed stars in center.


12. WWII Italian Army Maggiore Rank - This is a Khaki background rank. Yellow border. A single yellow, five pointed star is found front and center.




13. WWII Italian Army Colonnello Sleeve Rank - This is a cloth rank patch. Looped line on top. Three horizontal lines below.


14. WWII Italian Army Tenente Colonnello Sleeve Rank - Black background. Yellow looped line on top. Two horizontal lines below.


15. WWII Italian Army Maggiore Sleeve Rank - This patch has a yellow looped line above. Thick, horizontal line below.




16. WWII Italian Army Capitano Sleeve Rank - This is a black background patch. Yellow lines with the top one containing an upward loop.


17. WWII Italian Army Tenente Sleeve Rank - Of cloth construction. Black background. Upper looped line. Lower horizontal line.


18. WWII Italian Army 2nd Lieutenant Sleeve Rank - This is single, yellow, upward loop line. Black background.




19. WWII Italian Army Tenente Sleeve Rank – Cloth - This is a Brown background rectangular patch. Upper looped line with a single horizontal line below.


20. Italian MVSN Capo Manipolo Rank - This is cloth patch. Upper line has a diamond above. Single horizontal line below.


21. WWII Caporal Maggiore Rank - This is Black background chevron. Three red chevrons inside where the upper section is thicker than the rest.







ITALIAN - TANK




1. Italian Tank Badge - Of metal construction. Shield shape. Tank in center with a dragon above. Reads Cannoniere Carro.


2. WWII Italian Commander's Tank Badge - Silver metal badge. Hollowed out center. Shows the profile of a tank with a dragon on top. Reads Ferrea Mole Ferreo Cvore.


3. Italian 15th Cavalry Patch - Rectangular cloth patch. Brown backgorund. French horn with number 15 in center. Crown on top.





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