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  1. Italian-wiseguy

    Can Anyone Recommend "Pearl Harbor"?

    Dixon, the fact the Bay and Bruckheimer get paid for their movies doesn't imply that people isn't free to criticize them ;) I'm with you saying that, after all, it's only entertainment; and, being actually involved, thank God, in the movie industry (in Italy) sometimes I feel like...
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    Middle Eastern Headgear

    here in Italy, while not as popular as, say, 10 or 20 years ago, keffiyas are still a very common sight on students. I myself own two (black and white, red and white); I'd don't know if they were intended originally to send some political statement, but I'd say all the students wore them...
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    The Abyssinian Campaigns

    The cavalryman in the Newsweek's pic is a "zaptiè", e.g. a member of the colonial troops of the Carabinieri; I can tell from the metal insignia of his head-dress. He was a NCO, as he's wearing a rank chevron; to me it looks like the single chevron of a "muntaz" (corporal). Ciao!!
  4. Italian-wiseguy

    Made in China - Monarch A-2 repros

    Sgt., if I can offer you an advice, probably you know that A1's knock-offs aren't rare in Italy; (many of them are manufactured in India, if Navin is reading :) ) while mosts are obviously quite distant from originals in terms of styling, materials etc. (they're made for generic public...
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    Berets, Anyone?

    :) Actually a gun would never fit inside my own beret, so probably my grandfather's beret basque was quite large (or his gun quite small, who knows); as for the concealing, I assume berets were such a common sight in Paris in the '20s that nobody would have noticed anything strange if you...
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    Berets, Anyone?

    I don't know if this is of interest, but my grandfather lived for a period of his life in Paris (in the '20s-'30s of the past century...) well, he wore a beret... but not only he wore it; he (as one of his friends taught him to do) used to walk with the beret in his hand, while hiding a...
  8. Italian-wiseguy

    N-3B PARKA ALPHA INDUSTRIES

    Hi Paisà! :D I answer you in english only cause I believe this to be the rule of the Lounge, and in order to let other people understand us italians; anyway, if you for some reason are planning to come here, come visit me! My girlfriend is half calabrese herself, while me (like many...
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    N-3B PARKA ALPHA INDUSTRIES

    Sgt.MikeHorvath another italian in the Lounge? :) :D I know in Calabria winter could be very rigid, oth here in emilian hills we're having some fine days (and no fog; that occurs only in the plains); I hope you enjoy your parka, I never used one (I'm quite satisfied with three...
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    The Abyssinian Campaigns

    Lot of photograpsh and illustrations on ascaris (uniforms, symbols etc.): http://www.collezioni-f.it/ascari/ascari.html But: it's in italian also an interesting article on an old "sciumbasci" (pronounce "shoombashi") or warrant officer: he was 93 at the time of the article, living in...
  11. Italian-wiseguy

    The Abyssinian Campaigns

    Bustercat do you have relatives in Parma? I live there! Come visit me! :) About askaris: erithrean ascaris were considered to be the best soldiers in the colonies, alongside somali "dubat"; they were essential in the conquest of Libya. Fascist propaganda often celebrated colonial...
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    The Abyssinian Campaigns

    Italian army was brutal in his fight against resistance in inner Libya: concentration camp (à la Boer war) and war atrocities were, sadly, committed in order to really conquer the desertic inland. The Senussi brought terror to italian soldiers especially with thier night raids. The general...
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    The Abyssinian Campaigns

    Well I've personally met people who fought in Eastern Africa and in Libya in WWII (some were my relatives) and also one who fought the campaign of '35 (AND WWII... he was a shoemaker, he used to say "well I was in war during all my youth... and they called it a blitzkrieg!"). One thing every...
  15. Italian-wiseguy

    German POW Camp in Nebraska

    Well, my mother's uncle was captured somewhere in Eastern Africa and sent to England. Don't know much about what happened to him before, but he ended up working in a farm for some landowning family. He was treated veryy well; I mean, he was enthusiastic about the treatment. Actually the...
  16. Italian-wiseguy

    Prince Charles' Style: Like or Dis-Like?

    Confirm my dislike for Marzotto's style. Nothing actually wrong in his suites (in the above pictures, the second one is very nice), and maybe I'm biased by my dislike for the complacent, self-satisfied personality that exudes from his expressions, but he doesn't seem to display a great effort...
  17. Italian-wiseguy

    Lost Worlds Downtown not too bad at all

    Probably cause I'm italian ;) (and of the mediterranean sort, as some anthropologist classified me...) I tend to suffer cold very badly; So I tried many different system of wearing scarves, and came to the conclusion that... it all depends on the lenght of the scarf, and on the material...
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    Prince Charles' Style: Like or Dis-Like?

    If you care to hear my personal, unrequested opinion, the Prince of Wales is really, really well dressed, almost flawless; and while Luca di Montezemolo is without doubt a well dressed gentleman, he lacks something; maybe he lacks just the "almost": he looks "perfect" on purpose, while...
  20. Italian-wiseguy

    Who Makes a Nice Pea Coat?

    US Navy style peacoats are great: I got a good knock-off, warm and all, so I failed to buy an original one when I was in Boston (I regret); anyway, the design seems to be ubiquitous, even to a point to be a little (sorry) boring: a lot of brands imitates the USNavy version, many pretending...
  21. Italian-wiseguy

    Italian regular Police uniforms in Italy during ww2

    Another intersting link could be http://www.littorio.com/home-i.htm (not a pro-Fascism site!) but it seems to concentrate mostly on uniforms of Fascist militia (which also took some power to operate as a police force) and not on Police uniforms.
  22. Italian-wiseguy

    Italian regular Police uniforms in Italy during ww2

    Actually I contacted a retired policeman and "uniformologist" and he was so kind to scanner and post some old images to an italian military board; then I had to go in Romania for work, and when I was back the board was closed and I forgot the whole thing. Sorry!!
  23. Italian-wiseguy

    When does it become a costume?

    I have noticed DB suits sometimes mentioned as potentially "costumey"; as for I see here, in contexts where suits are worn a DB is perfectly accettable and, though not that common, would appear completely natural; it doesn't look particularly vintage just for the fact of being DB, they're...

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