Original World War One Italian Regio Esercito Sottotenente 62° Reggimento Fanteria “Sicilia” Photograph.
Second Lieutenant of the 62nd Infantry Regiment “Sicily”.
The regiment was one of ten infantry regiments formed by the Royal Italian Army on 16 April 1861. In 1866, the regiment participated in the Third Italian War of Independence and in 1870 in the capture of Rome. During World War I, the regiment fought on the Italian front and the Macedonian front. During World War II, the regiment was assigned to the 102nd Motorized Division "Trento" with which it fought in the Western Desert Campaign in North Africa. In November 1942, the regiment was destroyed during the Second Battle of El Alamein.
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