Calibre Felirat Olasz OnlineCommemorative badges (Kappenabzeichen) used by Austro-Hungarian troops in Northern Italy. Années de pèlerinage (Years of Pilgrimage), specifically the Second Year: Italy by Franz Liszt. Calibre felirat Olasz Research groups in the Lake Garda area of Italy often discover well-preserved badges from 1916. While the inscriptions are often German (like Weihnachten im Felde ), they represent the high "intellectual and scientific-literary calibre" of the elite officers stationed there during the war. While the inscriptions are often German (like Weihnachten The motto and insignia of the Arditi , Italy's WWI elite special forces. Italy's WWI elite special forces. 1. 1. The "Calibre" of Military History: Austro-Hungarian Badges in Italy If "Calibre" refers to the character or bravery of a group in Italy: Their "calibre" wasn't defined by long-range guns, but by hand-to-hand combat using daggers and grenades in enemy trenches. |