An Italian St. Marco Division Shoulder Board certificate_of_authenticity with portepee

with portepee

and served in the South African War

By September they were carrying out operations against Malta from Porto Empedocle

slightly warped

s Antarctic sojourn occurred during her third commission (1933-35)

An Italian St. Marco Division Shoulder Board certificate_of_authenticity with portepeeAn Italian St. Marco Division Shoulder Board Of simple wool construction, with metal badge attached (rank insignia missing), in worn condition, rare. Footnote: the 3. Naval Infantry Division San Marco (3. Divisione Fanteria di Marina "San Marco") was one of the divisions of the Fascist Repubblica Sociale Italiana (RSI) or, Italian Social Republic, and was formed mainly of recruits from the Navy and the X MAS marines. It began training late 1943 in