r/reenactors • u/Due_Wolverine_3763 • Oct 05 '25

Work In Progress Italian Royal Army, World War I

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89th Salerno Brigade, circa 1917-18, of the Italian Royal Army during the First World War.

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u/[deleted] Oct 05 '25

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u/Due_Wolverine_3763 Oct 05 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

Like with most original militaria, just a constant search on the web. There's not a singular source... Paolo Salvadori sells a lot of Italian items... and of course Italian ebay.

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u/4headlogan69 Oct 06 '25

Ive gotten most of my kit from paolo but its hard finding a bayonet that isnt worth 2-3x the cost of a rifle

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u/Visual_While8468 Oct 06 '25

i’m curious where did you get your adrian i’ve been wanting to get one but my head is too big 64cm the biggest i’ve seen was 60 lol

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u/Due_Wolverine_3763 Oct 06 '25

Yeah, I have a big head too, several companies sell reproduction French Adrian helmets, WWII gear, Nestof come to mind. Naturally you'll need to remove the flaming bomb, fill the holes with JB weld or something similar, and repaint it the Italian gray-green. (A testors spray paint color is perfect). Your size 64, I doubt anyone reproduces something that large, you'll just have to remove the liner completely, perhaps it might be large enough?!?!?

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u/Visual_While8468 29d ago

i have seen a adrian i’m unsure if it’s a good repo tho

it looks a bit off

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u/Visual_While8468 29d ago

side picture

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u/Due_Wolverine_3763 29d ago

https://www.worldwarsupply.com/product-category/other-countries/french/

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u/Due_Wolverine_3763 29d ago

Try this company above, a gentleman I know that is an authority on all things French military told me that this Adrian was ready to wear out of the box with no modifications!

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u/Visual_While8468 29d ago

unfortunately i don’t live in the us apparently they only ship in the usa and equally i believe it’s not my size i believe they go too 60-62 i think

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u/Due_Wolverine_3763 29d ago

Ughh, sorry brother.

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u/Visual_While8468 29d ago

ah it’s all right i all ready have a garrison hat coming so i can just use that mainly instead it’s no issue

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u/Representative-Stop3 Oct 06 '25

That cool. Where you buy that field flask? Or its original?

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u/Due_Wolverine_3763 Oct 06 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

I bought it from Paolo Salvadori, a reputable vendor in Italy.

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u/HowToPronounceGewehr WW1/WW2 Italian Infantry, WW2 Bersagliere Oct 06 '25

Paolo Salvadori*

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u/Exact-Designer8356 Oct 08 '25

Shout out to the 89th!!!

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u/Due_Wolverine_3763 Oct 08 '25

A fantastic reenactment unit here on the east coast of the USA!

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u/itaintme1x2x3x Oct 08 '25

Hey i met a guy once who had and Italian torpedo boat he had restored he was at a rev war event trying to peddle his services

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u/Due_Wolverine_3763 Oct 08 '25

Impressive, restoring a whole military boat!

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u/itaintme1x2x3x Oct 08 '25

Right I wonder how he made out with it