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Ovidio's Alpinis...
Yessssss!!!
Thank you Mark!
The hats can be surprisingly practical are they not Ovidio?
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Memorial to the Alpini, the Italian Army’s elite mountain corps
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I kick myself for not buying one of those when I had the opportunity!
You really should. Great gat!
Well… I restrain from answering:rolleyes:
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Well… I restrain fron answering
Now… that is the message I wanted to refrain answering to… So I did three times:lol::lol::lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sarge1998
This is in mid-September 1994. Going up a mountain in Val d’Aosta for training.
What a day…
We used the “Norwegian” hat for all business but official ones. There we used the Alpini hat. So, I guess the guys above were going to be sworn in. The solemn ceremony was held each month for the new echelon. Each month from a different brigade. They look very raw and not too happy. That’ll change soon. But after one month, such days were really tough on many kids.
I guess in my time. All equipment and the looks fit.
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I had to ask since you should know. :D
Almost. In the past, until the sixties/seventies, they always used the Alpini hat. Then, someday, they introduced the “Norwegian”, which is more comfortable, but by no means as iconic and beautiful.
Now, when we go out together as a group, my friends and I always wear our Alpini hat.
The Alpine are well trained soldiers with a solid history for courage and combat. Soldiers can always be brothers with soldiers of another country. Politics however always intervene.
What does the 'Norwegian' hat look like?
Here’s a good picture. Taken from the Net. Again, around my time I would say…
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Yep. That's why I liked the song "Universal Soldier." Buffy Saint Marie thought it was a protest song against the war in Nam, but I heard it as a hymn to all Infantry.Quote:
Originally Posted by eb in oregon
Thanks Ovidio