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• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Keating G (Capt)

  The Italian Offensive 1940 - 1941: Italian prisoners captured at Sidi Barrani are marched into captivity.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943: PERSONALITIES

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Keating G (Capt)

  General A Berganzoli, Commander of the Italian X Army which was defeated by the British in 1941. Photographed after his capture.

• 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...

• belt buckle, handmade

  (souvenirs and ephemera) 1944

  Made by B Angelo for donor's mother; see correspondence.

• 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...

• Fucile di Fanteria M1870/87 & Vetterli-Vitali M70/87

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Fabbrica d'Armi di Terni, Terni, Italy 1889

  The Italian 10.35mm Model 1870/87 infantry rifle employed a bolt action mechanism developed by Friedrich Vetterli, whose design was adopted by the Swiss Army in 1869. Initially the Italian rifle was issued as a single-loader but, from 1887, was adapted...

• 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.