Padre celebrating Christmas mass for the Italian troops in the Alps during #WW1. Notice the soldiers on the right standing too close (for my taste!) to the ledge of the cliff.
📷LaStampa. Date, location and author unknown.
#RegioEsercito.
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Italian soldiers posing with a snowman with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm. Notice the bayonet in Wilhelm's frozen heart.
#WW1 #FWW #GrandeGuerra #RegioEsercito
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Italian soldiers posing with a snowman with the face of Kaiser Wilhelm. Notice the bayonet in Wilhelm's frozen heart.
#WW1 #FWW #GrandeGuerra #RegioEsercito
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#regioesercito #grandeguerra #fww #ww1
#WW1 Carabiniere with tricorn hat and Carcancano Mod. 91
🖼; Fabbri and Lennone for Twisting-Toyz
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#WW1 Carabiniere with tricorn hat and Carcano Mod. 91
🖼; Fabbri and Lennone for Twisting-Toyz
#GrandeGuerra #RegioEsercito
#regioesercito #grandeguerra #ww1
Italian surrender after the Battle of Amba Alagi, 17th of May '41.
They were granted Honours of War (notice the Italian troops carrying their weapons). Honours of War were granted again to the Italians in November '41 after the Battle of Culqualber, probably for last time in History.
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