Bersaglieri Collection

Italian Bersaglieri (light infantry)fighting the Austrians during World War One

WW1 - Italian Propaganda postcard
" Our plan!" - WW1 - Italian Propaganda postcard, showing the personification of Italy (as a Bersaglieri Sharpshooter) punching Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary

WW1 - Italy - A cycling sharpshooter - Bersaglieri
WW1 - A mobile member of the Italian Army - a cycling sharpshooter ( Bersaglieri ). The Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora in the 1830s to

MUSSOLINI IN WW1
During World War One, the future Duce served heroically with the Bersaglieri Date: 1883 - 1945

Bersaglieri. Date: 1890s

WW1 - An Italian Bersagliere - the Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora in the 1830s to serve in the Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia

Italian soldiers and sailor, WW1
Two Italian soldiers and an Italian sailor during the First World War. At the top: Alpini (Alpine, left) and Bersaglieri (Light Infantry, right); below: Marina (Navy)

Austrian Kaiserjaeger soldiers, WW1
Austrian Kaiserjaeger (Tyrolean regiment) soldiers during the First World War. They are fighting an Italian Bersaglieri battalion in the southern Tyrol. Date: circa 1917

The Bersaglieri take Porta Pia - Rome - Risorgimento
The crack Piedmontese infantry corps of Bersaglieri taking Porta Pia - the capture of Rome in 1870, the final event of Italian Unification (the Risorgimento ). Date: 1870

Bersaglieri, Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Features the marble fountain contruscted in 1277-1280 by Arnolfo di Cambio. The Bersaglieri are a corps of the Italian Army originally created by General Alessandro La Marmora in1836 to serve in

Corporal Of The Bersaglieri, Naples
A corporal of the Bersaglieri having some wine. The Bersaglieri where a corps of the Italian Army originally created to serve in the Army of the Kingdom of Sardinia

Italian soldiers depart for front
The scene at an Italian railway station as soldiers board a train to leave for the front. The troops bid an emotional farewell to their families and loved ones, and one to his pet dog

Mrs Benedict Birkbeck wearing a Bersaglieri hat, WWI
Mrs Benedict Birkbeck, formerly Jacqueline Harriet Alexander (1892-1955) wearing a Bersaglieri style hat as worn by the Italian allies. Date: 1915

Italian light infantrymen with pink blossom, WW1
Italian light infantrymen (Bersaglieri) taking up position with their machine gun behind a cover of pink blossom during the First World War. Date: April 1916

Cartoon, Italian light infantryman with Austrian eagle, WW1
French cartoon of an Italian light infantryman (Bersaglieri) during the First World War. He is holding an Austrian eagle upside down so that its imperial crown falls off

Italian Sharpshooter (Bersaglieri)
Italian Sharpshooter ( Bersaglieri ) holding his rifle.. Date: circa 1910s

Italian Bersaglieri soldiers, Palestine, WW1
Italian Bersaglieri (light infantry) soldiers with their distinctive headgear, practising their attack in Palestine during the First World War. Date: October 1917

Italian Bersaglieri soldiers, WW1
Italian Bersaglieri (light infantry) soldiers in their distinctive headgear during the First World War. 1914-1918

Italian Bersaglieri soldiers boarding a train, WW1
Italian Bersaglieri (light infantry) troops boarding a train for the front during the First World War, with crowds of civilians there to say goodbye. Date: 1915

Defenders of Rome 2
Bersaglieri in the papal service manning the frontier of the papal states at Maremmo against an expected attack by Garibaldi

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