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• cooking set, aluminium

  (equipment) Made by: Nitto

  captured at Tobruk in 1941

• ring, handmade

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Made for donor by Italian POWs.

• 45/5 Modello 35 Brixia

  (weapons and ammunition)

  The Italian Army's Brixia was regarded as one of the most needlessly complicated mortar designs used by any of the Second World War combatants. It embodied a number of novel features including a magazine holding ten propelling cartridges and a gas port...

• Fiat 18 BC 2.5 ton truck

  (vehicles, aircraft and ships)

  Fiat was the principal supplier of Italian military medium and heavy trucks, and this particular type was produced between 1913-1915.

• 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.

• Helmet, M1935 Tropical Sun Helmet: Italian

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Second World War period Italian Army issue tropical helmet of the type worn by Italian Colonial Infantry.

• Jacket, Tropical: Italian

  (uniforms and insignia)

  Second World War period Italian Army issue lightweight jacket of the type worn by Italian Colonial Infantry.

• 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