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• Italian M1891/38 short rifle

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Reale Fabbrica d'Armi, Terni, Italy 1940

  This rifle was a modification of the standard Italian Model 1891 infantry rifle (see FIR 7232). It owes its existence to the difficult situation in which the Italian Army found itself upon entering the Second World War. It had been intended to change the...

• cooking set, aluminium

  (equipment) Made by: Nitto

  captured at Tobruk in 1941

• Italian shortened M1870 bayonet & scabbard

  (weapons and ammunition)

  This shortened version of the Italian Model 1870 bayonet was issued during the First World War for use with the Model 1870/87/15 rifle (see FIR 8150). The bayonet was a simple conversion of the Model 1870 bayonet (see WEA 67), with the blade shortened...

• Hat, Royal Corps of Colonial Troops (Italian)

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Hat Rigid peakless cap covered in grey silk material with an adjustable chinstrap of grey leather fitted. To the front of the headdress is a gilt metal crowned eagle set upon a large cockade of green/white/red.

• Steel Helmet, M1933: Italian

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Second World War period Italian Army issue steel helmet. The M1933 helmet was painted grey/green and until 1942 was usually stencilled with a black branch of service badge with the number of the unit to the centre.

• Austro-Hungarian trench knife

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Wlaszlovitz

  This weapon is an example of the trench knife used by soldiers of the Austro-Hungarian Army during the First World War. It is a simple and sturdy weapon, which would have been quite effective for general use as well as for hand to hand combat. This...

• Belt M1891, Italian

  (equipment)

  Second World War period Italian Army personal equipment. Buckled to the left hip, the belt would suspend two ammunition pouches worn to the centre.

• Respirator Haversack: Italian

  (equipment)

  Haversack

• Belt M1891, Italian

  (equipment)

  Italian Army belt. Buckled to the left hip, the belt would suspend two ammunition pouches worn to the centre. Second World War period associations.

• M1907 Infantry Personal Equipment (Italian)

  (equipment)

  Waist belt, rifle ammunition pouches (2 pairs), bayonet frog, supporting brace, knapsack, haversack.