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• HRH PRINCE UMBERTO OF ITALY, MAY 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  HRH Prince Umberto confers with an Italian officer over a map at an Italian Army camp during his visit to the Italian Corps of Liberation, Sparanise, Italy.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTHERN ITALY, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Italian artillerymen demonstrating a gun dial sight to the first Allied soldier to be attached to an Italian unit after the Armistice, Sergeant P Hopkinson of the Royal Engineers.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTHERN ITALY, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  The first Allied soldier to be attached to an Italian unit after the Armistice, Sergeant P Hopkinson of the Royal Engineers helps Italian artillerymen pull through the barrel of a gun.

• THE BRITISH ARMY DURING THE CAMPAIGN IN ITALY, SEPTEMBER 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Sergeant P Hopkinson of the Royal Engineers, who was the first Allied soldier to be attached to an Italian Unit after the Armistice, with Italian artillerymen who are explaining shell markings to him.

• HRH PRINCE UMBERTO OF ITALY, MAY 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  HRH Prince Umberto during his visit to the troops during his visit to the Italian Corps of Liberation, Sparanise and Polipo, Naples, Italy.

• Moschetto M91 per Truppe Speciali & Mannlicher Carcano M91TS

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Fabbrica Nazionale d'Armi, Brescia, Italy

  The Italian Model 1891 'Moschetto per Truppe Speciali' was a carbine intended for issue to troops, such as engineers and artillerymen, who could not usefully employ the full length Model 1891 rifle (see FIR 7232). Versions of this carbine remained in...

• Moschetto M1891 & Mannlicher-Carcano cavalry carbine

  (weapons and ammunition)

  This weapon is a carbine version of the Italian Model 1891 rifle, originally intended for use by the cavalry. Its use was later extended to other units. This family of rifles were commonly known as Mannlicher-Carcanos, being Mannlicher-type rifles with...

• Breda M30

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Societa Italiana Ernesto Breda

  The Breda M30 was the standard light machine-gun of the Italian Army during the Second World War. It was operated by an unusual "delayed blowback" system first used in the Italian Revelli machine-gun of the First World War (see FIR 9320). The resulting...

• Italian officer's sword, with scabbard

  (weapons and ammunition)

  This sword was taken from the wall of an Italian officer's mess in Tripoli by British troops, at the time of that city's capture in January 1943. It was later donated to the museum by the former commanding officer of 22nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade, Royal...

• 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.