ITALIAN WW2 INFANTRY & MACHINE GU

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1934 ITALIAN CEREMONIAL
SHOULDER PLATE


During the Interwar period, the army was initially focused on border security in the Alps and on the Italian-Yugoslav border. It supported Benito Mussolini's Fascist regime because of its expansionist ideology and reversal of previous governments' defense cuts. In the 1930s, the army participated in the final subjugation of Libya, participated in the invasion of Ethiopia, provided troops and materials for the Corps of Volunteer Troops (Corpo Truppe Volontarie) to fight in the Spanish Civil War, and participated in the Italian invasion of Albania..
Usual wartime REPAIR

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WW2 OTHER RANKS

Code: 54372