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FIX
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/20/2026
FIX wings were private purchased wings often seen worn by French WW1 aviators. This one is the same style as those but with an added Italian crown.
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V. PESCE, PISA
Cliff Presley Collection
02/05/2023
Italian military pilot's badge without crown that belonged to Lt. Earle D. Forsyth, USAS who trained and served with the Royal Italian Air Force in Forgia, Italy. The badge was made by V. PESCE, PISA.
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Tod Rathbone Collection
12/25/2025
Model 1912 official pilot "primo brevetto" (left sleeve)
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Tod Rathbone Collection
12/25/2025
Model 1912 official pilot "primo brevetto" (right sleeve)
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
WW1 Italy 1st grade pilot
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
WW1 Italy 2nd grade pilot
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
WW1 Italy 2nd grade pilot
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Tod Rathbone Collection
12/25/2025
Model 1914 NCO pilot badge
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Albert Hönlinger Collection
04/09/2020
1914 NCO-Pilot’s sleeve badge.
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
WW1 Italy NCO/enlisted second grade pilot
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
WW1 Italy 1915 pattern Military Air Observers badges in gilt wire
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
WW1 Italy 1915 pattern Military Air Observers badges
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
WW1 Regia Marina Pilota (Royal Italian Naval Pilot) NCO and warrant officer pilots, sleeve insignia. Total number of fully certified Italian naval pilots who saw front-line combat was only around 350 to 500 men. During World War I, the Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina) operated a specialized aviation arm flying flying boats and seaplanes from coastal stations along the Adriatic Sea.
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
WWI Regia Marina Naval Air Gunner / Seaplane Bombardier (Artigliere Regia Marina dell'Aria). Only around 150 to 200 formal NCO Naval Air Gunners (Mitraglieri dell'Aria della Regia Marina) served in this exact combat role during World War I.
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
World War I Italian Naval Air Service Radio Operator/Radiotelegrapher (Radiotelegrafista della Regia Marina dell'Aria) insignia.
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Tod Rathbone Collection
12/25/2025
Model 1914 NCO motoristi (aviation mechanic) badge
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/11/2026
WW1, Italy Commander of Airship sleeve badges in bullion
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
Commander of Airship wings worn on both sleeves of tunic, in gilt.
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
Commander of Airship wings worn on both sleeves of tunic, in gilt with blue to centre of large crowns.
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
Sub Lieutenant/Ensign of Airships, worn on both sleeves, no crown single star above.
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
Officers on board airship, gilt bullion without royal crown
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/25/2026
WWI-era Italian airship (dirigible) pilot’s Tunic specifically matching the uniform pattern of the Servizio Aeronautico under the Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito).Distintivo per Ufficiale di Bordo di Dirigibile (Airship Shipboard Officers Badge), introduced under Circular No. 225 of the Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito) on May 27, 1914. Rank: Lieutenant. Tunic is pictured on the detail photo page.
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
NCO enlisted Helmsmen (authorised 1914)
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/11/2026
Rare 1915 pattern Italian World War I Balloon Observer sleeve badges in bullion
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/11/2026
Rare WW1 Italian Military Aeroplane Machine Gunner Arm Badges. (In 1918 there were only 119 aero machine gunners on duty within the Italian Airforce)
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/13/2026
Hat insignia Infantry Officer assigned to aviation unit
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Steve Frenche Collection
08/21/2026
Hat insignia Infantry Officer assigned to airships
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Andrea Brambilla Collection
08/21/2026
Cap badge for an infantry officer seconded (on active duty) to the Airship Battalion. Silver embroidery on black cloth for the Model 1902 uniform.
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Andrea Brambilla Collection
08/22/2026
Airship Battalion. Enlisted man's cap badge; red embroidery on grey-green cloth.
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Andrea Brambilla Collection
08/22/2026
Airship Battalion. Enlisted man's cap badge: red embroidery on grey-green wool. The airship embroidered in gold thread likely indicates a non-commissioned officer (sergeant) rank.
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Andrea Brambilla Collection
08/22/2026
Airship Battalion. Non-commissioned officer (Maresciallo) cap badge; grey-green silk thread embroidery on grey-green wool. In use from December 1915.
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Andrea Brambilla Collection
08/22/2026
Airship Battalion. Enlisted man's cap badge; black embroidery on grey-green cloth.
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Andrea Brambilla Collection
08/20/2026
Italy WW1, Beret badge for Aviator Battalion infantry soldier. Red embroidery on gray-green cloth for 1909 model uniform
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Andrea Brambilla Collection
08/21/2026
Officer's cap badge for the Alpini (grey-green silk embroidery); for an officer on detached duty with the Aviators Battalion, assigned as a machine gunner on Caproni bombers.
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Andrea Brambilla Collection
08/21/2026
Cap badge for the Model 1909 uniform of a Bersaglieri officer seconded (on active duty) to the Aviators Battalion.
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Andrea Brambilla Collection
08/22/2026
Cap badge for an officer of the Engineer Specialists Battalion, established in 1910.
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Andrea Brambilla Collection
08/22/2026
1915. Machine-embroidered cap badge on grey-green cloth (wartime economy version) for an artilleryman detached for duty with the Aviators' Battalion.
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