tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post1125405752987229757..comments2024-03-16T01:00:19.876-05:00Comments on The Mad Monarchist: Royal Guardians Profile: Carabinieri RealiMadMonarchisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-26392444825153512782011-09-20T13:19:33.088-05:002011-09-20T13:19:33.088-05:00During a visit to Rome, I accidentally happened up...During a visit to Rome, I accidentally happened upon a parade by these troops at the Quirinale. Very sharp!Fr. Erik Richtsteighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16585104084132192522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-42678690809303613742011-09-19T11:32:20.340-05:002011-09-19T11:32:20.340-05:00True, and they like their distinctive headgear! I&...True, and they like their distinctive headgear! I've seen photos of carabinieri wearing their tricorns in the deserts of Palestine and Somalia in WW1 and, also during that conflict, they made the Alpinis lose their eagle feathers and the Bersaglieri their cockerel feathers and morale fell to such depths by 1917 they gave them back. Holding to tradition -I love it.MadMonarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083008336883267870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8783969302315257415.post-77317346833987767952011-09-19T10:58:49.594-05:002011-09-19T10:58:49.594-05:00Reminds me of the French Republican guard, who rid...Reminds me of the French Republican guard, who ride arounnd on their motorcycles, dressed in Napoleonic uniforms.<br />I looked up those hats, because I was positive those could only be bicorns, but what do you know, they are tricorns. I'm surprised, they don't look it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com