The Squad Commander’s black shirt.
A veteran of the First World War; he wears his rank insignia attached to the cuffs of his jacket.
He appears to have been an ex-infantry lieutenant.
The uniform comes from his family.
Breast
badge embroidered in gold on tricolor cloth.
Sewn above the Fasces bundle is the insignia of Austrian assault units
from the First World War.
The squad operated in Gorizia with the motto: “Flangar non Flectar”
Assault
troop badge embroidered in white thread on black cloth.
The
motto “Italia o Morte” (Italy or Death) was used by both legionnaires
at Fiume, and squads during the March on Rome.
Adrian Helmet of Italian manufacture.
Repainted black, with Republican Fasces bundle painted on the front.
Used by the squad member M.R., who belonged to the “Indomita” squad.