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Zaptié
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Zaptié was the name of locally raised gendarmerie units in the Italian colonies of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica, Eritrea and Somaliland between 1888 and 1943.
Group of Zaptié in Italian Somaliland (1939).
Group of Zaptié in Italian Somaliland (1939).
Eritrean Zaptié, 1920s
Eritrean Zaptié, 1920s
Cavalry and fort of the Sultanate of Hobyo, one of the ruling Somali polities that the zaptié fought against in the Campaign of the Sultanates.
Cavalry and fort of the Sultanate of Hobyo, one of the ruling Somali polities that the zaptié fought against in the Campaign of the Sultanates.
MAS 1873 revolver
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The service revolver model 1873 Chamelot-Delvigne was the first double-action revolver used by the French Army. It was produced by Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne from 1873 to 1887 in about 337,0
Zaptié
…took control of the Italian government and started a policy of "pacification" and assimilation in the Italian colonies. Zaptié troopers were armed with Model 1874 revolvers, cavalry carbines and 1871 model sabres. Officers and some non-commissioned officers were Italian but the rank and file were recruited locally. The…
Model 1873
Model 1873
Revolver Model 1872
Revolver Model 1872
A French soldier ("trench cleaner") with a Chamelot-Delvigne revolver, a primitive gas mask (in this case a cloth mask and goggles soaked with chemica
A French soldier ("trench cleaner") with a Chamelot-Delvigne revolver, a primitive gas mask (in this case a cloth mask and goggles soaked with chemicals) and a dagger (1915, colorized)