28 Dec 2021 Bm59 Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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Ovidio's Alpinis...

[Ovidio]

Yessssss!!!
Thank you Mark!

[Sarge1998]

The hats can be surprisingly practical are they not Ovidio?

[Ovidio]

Well… I restrain from answering

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Well… I restrain fron answering

[Ovidio]

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.

[Ovidio]

The hats can be surprisingly practical are they not Ovidio?

Now… that is the message I wanted to refrain answering to… So I did three times

[Sarge1998]

I had to ask since you should know.

[Mark in Rochester]

Memorial to the Alpini, the Italian Army’s elite mountain corps

[Bill Hollinger]

I kick myself for not buying one of those when I had the opportunity!