The Kingdom of Italy: the artillery and the transport battalion.
By the end of 1805 there were 2 companies of cavalry rangers and 4 companies of artillery convoy, mechanics and pontoneers in the regiment of Dragoons and the regiment of huntsman cavalry. There was also a company of miners and the battalion of sappers.
In 1806 the regiment of artillery, mechanics and pontoneers was assembled as one part with two-battalion composition. There were 10 companies in the battalion. The coy consisted of 100 people. Each battalion had 2 companies of specialists, mechanics, armorers and pontoneers.
Already in November 1806 the miners and the sappers were combined in sapper battalion. The composition was defined as 6 companies with 100 people in each and the 1st elite company of miners.
The company of foot artillery was formed in 1807 from engineering convoy. It acted as a part of Combat Engineer Battalion.
Two battalions of eleventh-company composition and a spare squadron were amounted the foot artillery regiment of the Italian kingdom in 1808.
In addition to available companies in July 1810 there were formed the seven regiments of artillery coastguard. The battalion of sappers increased to 9 regiments with 100 people in each.
Besides there was a separate transport battalion, that was consisted of eight regiments. In 1812, the convoy was divided into 2 battalions with 6 companies in each. There also was a spare coy.
Engineers’ train represented a company that included 128 people.
The gunners and the soldiers of other services took part in the war with Russia.
- The Artillery of the Royal Guard.
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- 20 guns as part of a company of foot artillery and the companies of Horse Artillery.
- 10 officers and 373 lower ranks. They were commanded by chief of the squadron K. Clement.
- A company of engineers and a company of sailors of the Guard with the general composition of 564 people.
- the Divisional artillery.
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-14 guns with the artillery baggage - 419 people.
- the Division convoy of 113 people.
Large and small buttons battalion of sappers of the Italian army.
(ZAPPATORI ITALIANI)
Buttons are made by molding in a metal mold. The inscription on the buttons shows a soldier belonging to the sapper battalion. The inscription is in Italian "ZAPPATORI ITALIANI". Above and below the inscription divides the four-cross. In the center is a bas-relief sapper armor. Field covered buttons points. Production period can be defined buttons 1810 - 1812 years.
Buttons battalion of sappers Italian army encountered in single copies, so the rarity scale from 0 to 5, I think you can put R 4.
Several buttons were found on the road of retreat near Smolensk and Orsha. In this case, buttons and other parts of the ammunition made of tin simply crumble completely unavailable to historians and collectors.
Officers buttons do not occur and evaluate their rarity can only theoretically.
Button made by stamping brass plates and then rolling it on a brass
base. Pad and drawing on her gilded. Drawing on the button consists of
inscriptions along the rim - "PONTIFICIA ARTICLER". The inscription is
divided from top to bottom and a star point. In the center the slide
cores.
In 1808, the Papal States troops joined the army of the Kingdom of
Italy. Was fully formed 7th Infantry Regiment. Also joined the artillery
guns Italy.
This button is found at the bivouac among other regiments of the Grand
Army of the buttons. Bonfires were close to the road, on the way retreat
of the army near Pleshchenitsy.
Button known in a single copy.
The buttons were produced by casting in a metal mold. The inscription on the buttons shows that soldier belongs to the engineering (sapper) convoy of the Italian army. The inscription is made in Italian "TRENO DEL GINIO".
The buttons of the Engineering convoy of the Italian army are encountered in single copies, so it can be put R5 using the rarity scale from 0 to 5. In this case, the buttons and the other parts of the ammunition were made of tin and that is why they just crumble completely and become unavailable to historians and collectors. Only thanks to several people who invest their knowledge, experience and skills in it, the tin buttons are given a new life. The officers’ buttons are found only in single copies and their rarity can be evaluated only theoretically.
Small button of the Military Administration of the Italian Army.
Buttons were produced by casting in a metal mold. The inscription on the buttons shows the belonging of a soldier to the military administration of the Italian Army. The inscription is made in Italian "ADMINISTRATION MILITAIRE". Above the inscription there is a five-pointed star. Because of the absence of a crown on the top of the brim it can be assumed that the button has been manufactured until 1805.
The regimental buttons of the Military Administration of the Italian army encountered in single copies, so it can be put R 5 according to the rarity scale from 0 to 5. Although in one place on the Brilevskoye field there was found 4 buttons on the area of 3 - square meters. The buttons of bigger diameter are almost never occurred. At the same time these buttons and other parts of the ammunition are made of tin so they could just crumble completely and be unavailable to historians and collectors. The officers’ buttons are found only in single copies and their rarity can be evaluated only theoretically.
Buttons are made by molding in a metal mold. The inscription on the buttons shows a soldier belonging to the sapper battalion. The inscription is in Italian "ZAPPATORI ITALIANI". Above and below the inscription divides the four-cross. In the center is a bas-relief sapper armor. Field covered buttons points. Production period can be defined buttons 1810 - 1812 years.
Buttons battalion of sappers Italian army encountered in single copies, so the rarity scale from 0 to 5, I think you can put R 4. Several buttons were found on the road of retreat near Orsha. In this case, buttons and other parts of the ammunition made of tin simply crumble completely unavailable to historians and collectors. Officers buttons do not occur and evaluate their rarity can only theoretically.
Buttons are made by molding in a metal mold. The inscription on the buttons shows a soldier belonging to the sapper battalion. The inscription is in Italian "ZAPPATORI ITALIANI". Above and below the inscription divides the four-cross. In the center is a bas-relief sapper armor. Field covered buttons points. Production period can be defined buttons 1810 - 1812 years.
Buttons battalion of sappers Italian army encountered in single copies, so the rarity scale from 0 to 5, I think you can put R 4. Several buttons were found on the road of retreat near Smolensk and Orsha. In this case, buttons and other parts of the ammunition made of tin simply crumble completely unavailable to historians and collectors. Officers buttons do not occur and evaluate their rarity can only theoretically.
Buttons are made by molding in a metal mold. The inscription on the buttons shows a soldier belonging to the military slube Italian army. Most likely it relates to the service and to ensure the rear of the army. The inscription is in Italian "Servizi Riuniti". Above the inscription is the Iron Crown of Lombardy. This button has been manufactured since 1805.
Military Buttons common service of the Italian army encountered in single copies, so the rarity scale from 0 to 5, I think you can put R 5. Several buttons were found in the Smolensk region. One near Borisov. Officers buttons do not occur even in single copies and to assess their rarity can only theoretically.
Buttons are made by molding in a metal mold. The inscription on the buttons shows a soldier belonging to the battalion of the military convoy. In the center is a bas-relief letters "TM". Above them is the Iron Crown of Lombardy. Production period can be defined buttons 1810 - 1812 years.
Buttons military convoy battalion of the Italian army is not frequent, so the rarity scale from 0 to 5, I think you can put R 3. Several buttons were found on the road of retreat near Borisov Pleshchenitsy and Oshmyan. In this case, buttons and other parts of the ammunition made of tin simply crumble completely unavailable to historians and collectors. Officers buttons do not occur and evaluate their rarity can only theoretically.
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