<b>Uniforms and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_ranks_of_the_Kingdom_of_Italy#Ranks_during_the_Second_World_War" class="extiw" title="en:Military ranks of the Kingdom of Italy">Insignia</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Air_Force#The_Regia_Aeronautica_and_World_War_II" class="extiw" title="en:Italian Air Force">Italian Air Force during World War II</a> (<i>Regia Aeronautica</i>)</b> October 1943: Field and service dress uniforms Officers. Major, steel helmet, service and field cap, shoulder straps, flying branch, etc. <br><br><p>Page (055) from <i>"JAN #1 a joint Army and Navy publication UNIFORMS AND INSIGNIA prepared by the Military Intelligence Service and the Division of Naval Intelligence",</i> a recognition manual released by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_War#World_War_II" class="extiw" title="en:United States Department of War">US War Departement during World War II</a> for field use by the American fighting forces.<br><br>This cumulative military manual was a "Joint Army-Navy" ("JAN") publication illustrating uniforms and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative_officer_ranks_of_World_War_II" class="extiw" title="en:Comparative officer ranks of World War II">insignia</a> of the navies, armies and air forces of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army#World_War_II" class="extiw" title="en:Imperial Japanese Army">Japan</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht" class="extiw" title="en:Wehrmacht">Nazi Germany</a> (<i>Heer</i>/German Army, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_and_insignia_of_the_Kriegsmarine" class="extiw" title="en:Uniforms and insignia of the Kriegsmarine"><i>Kriegsmarine</i>/German Navy</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniforms_of_the_Luftwaffe_(1935%E2%80%931945)" class="extiw" title="en:Uniforms of the Luftwaffe (1935–1945)"><i>Luftwaffe</i>/German Air Force</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS" class="extiw" title="en:Waffen-SS"><i>Waffen-SS</i>/German Armed Elite Guard</a>), <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Italian_Army_during_World_War_II" class="extiw" title="en:Royal Italian Army during World War II">Facist Italy</a>, occupied <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_France_during_World_War_II" class="extiw" title="en:Military history of France during World War II">France</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Navy#World_War_II" class="extiw" title="en:Royal Netherlands Navy">the Netherlands</a> (parts of their navies were based in Western Allied countries), neutral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_during_World_War_II" class="extiw" title="en:Spain during World War II">Facist Spain</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal_during_World_War_II" class="extiw" title="en:Portugal during World War II">Portugal</a>, and Allied <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_the_Republic_of_Turkey" class="extiw" title="en:Military history of the Republic of Turkey">Turkey</a>. The collection of plates was published as a US Government unclassified public document 1943-44, in the format of a pocket-sized loose-leaf string-tied binder allowing for additional pages and corrections. Today it is in the public domain without any known copyright restrictions.<br><br></p>
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