Italian Forces

Ascaro standing

Note the musket model '91 cavalry, and the big old-fashion parachute patch on the suit. Another most importang thing: he, likes his comrades wears the stellette (little stars) on collar. For Italian military regulation only soldiers with Italian citizenship could wear the stellette. And in fact these soldiers are Italian citizens! Because in late 1937 citizenship was given to Libya. That's another reason because French and Britain didn't like Italian colonialism: not only the "bad fascists" removed "colonial space" to them, not only built towns, roads and village for native people too, but also gave citizenship to these former native people now Italian. Of course I don't deny Italian crimes in Italian colonies, but as I sayd history is not black or white, generally. Just for an example: in USA black people had to fight for civil rights, and for the right to combat in first line too, as white people. In fascist Italy the first paratrooper units were composed by natives.