ITALIAN artillery on the russian front stuck in mud was dated oct-24-1942 was given to me by my uncle which was in the italian armed forces ww2 he gave this to me on 3-4-1971 i was 10 years old also marked cannon 149-85 which means model 149 the 85 is the production number of the cannon

ITALIAN ARTILLERY russian front oct -24-1942

Strait of Messina, 4 September 1943: a British serviceman has photographed a 5th Stormo’s Reggiane Re.2002 of the Italian Air Force in escape route a very low altitude after a strafing of the Allied head bridge at Calabrian coast near Reggio Calabria. Victor Sierra

Strafing an Allied head bridge

ITALIAN artillery i believe this was taken before sept 1943 off the french coast  my dad was the one on the phone he was taken prisoner POW by the germans stayed in germany until may 1945