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Item: ONSV25TGA031
Original WWII Italian Bersaglieri Infantry Regiment Officer Dress Hat with Feather Plume
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Original Item: Only One Available. This is a lovely pressed felt and oilcloth construction Bersaglieri helmet with leather edging around the brim. It bears a Bersaglieri Regiment Italian Brass badge with a circular national ribbon to the background. The size of the interior is approximately Size 7 with a beautiful leather sweatband and chinstrap.
The exterior is in fantastic condition without serious wear. The feather plume is in similar condition with the material holding well. The chinstrap is in fair condition with some weakness near the center, and it appears that there is already a piece missing off of the end. There is a stitch repair on the back of the cockade, which glows under blacklight.
A great example, ready for further research and display.
The Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora on 18 June 1836 to serve in the Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia, later to become the Royal Italian Army. They have always been a high-mobility light infantry unit, and can still be recognized by the distinctive wide brimmed hat that they wear (only in dress uniform in modern times), decorated with black capercaillie feathers. The feathers are usually applied to their combat helmets. Another distinctive trait of the Bersaglieri is the fast jog pace they keep on parades, instead of marching. Italy began the Second World War with 12 Bersaglieri regiments of three battalions each. Over the preceding years the Army had resisted suggestions to dilute their quality, and recruits continued to be of above-average size and stamina, endured intense physical training and had to qualify as marksmen.
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