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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 3502038, member: 18320&quot;][ATTACH=full]927866[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]927867[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>35mm X ~3.5mm; with pin, ~17 grams (Bronze)</p><p>Obverse: XXI Adunata In Torino * 1-2-3 Giugno 1940-<span style="color: #ff0000">XVIII</span><span style="color: #000000">;</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; 10 Regg Alpini in raised center.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Reverse: Alpiner w/Horse-Pennant under Bugle; Angoletta at L boot heel.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">Question: What is the significance of </span><span style="color: #ff0000">XVIII</span><span style="color: #000000"> after 1940?</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">I&#039;ll see what history I can find about the 10th Alpine Regiment, &amp; show it here if worthwhile.&nbsp; wlw</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">From Wikipedia:</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000">The ANA (Associazione Nazionale Alpini or National Alpini Association) is a registered society representing the &quot;<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veci" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veci" rel="nofollow">Veci</a>&quot; or former members of the Alpini corps. As the &quot;Veci&quot; see themselves as merely &quot;on leave&quot; rather than veterans, the ANA is colloquially known to be the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Alpini_Regiment" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th_Alpini_Regiment" rel="nofollow">10th Alpini Regiment</a>. Since 1920 every year ANA organizes a national reunion the &quot;Veci&quot;. Hundreds of thousands of Alpini congregate with family and friends to an Italian city for a weekend in the late spring to celebrate and have a good time while remembering old times.</span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #000000"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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