Marine Infantry tropical uniform
Goodmorning everyone,
today I wanted to show an even little-known, but I think interesting, it is the tropical infantry uniform of the Royal Italian Navy; it was widely used during the campaign for the conquest of ‘East Africa of 1935-36 and later during the North African Campaign of 1940-42, for example: it was used by sailors of the San Marco Battalion during the Tobruk Battle.
Depending on the case it could be worn with long pants or with short ones, and was used the tropical helmet or the helmet of M33 steel.
This example is still in very good condition, but has been widely used and the originally khaki colour, a little darker, has faded with washing and exposure to the sun.
This type of uniform was also used during the RSI period, and after the war I think it was still used by Italian sailors during the period of Italian Administration of Somalia of UN mandate (1950-1960).
today I wanted to show an even little-known, but I think interesting, it is the tropical infantry uniform of the Royal Italian Navy; it was widely used during the campaign for the conquest of ‘East Africa of 1935-36 and later during the North African Campaign of 1940-42, for example: it was used by sailors of the San Marco Battalion during the Tobruk Battle.
Depending on the case it could be worn with long pants or with short ones, and was used the tropical helmet or the helmet of M33 steel.
This example is still in very good condition, but has been widely used and the originally khaki colour, a little darker, has faded with washing and exposure to the sun.
This type of uniform was also used during the RSI period, and after the war I think it was still used by Italian sailors during the period of Italian Administration of Somalia of UN mandate (1950-1960).
Here are some interesting links:
http://image.archivioluce.com/foto/h…AO00002705.JPG
http://image.archivioluce.com/foto/h…RG00051219.JPG
http://image.archivioluce.com/foto/h…RG00051201.JPG
http://www.comandosupremo.com/wp-con…/San-Marco.jpg
Regards
Roberto
