Arm shield 19th Gavinana Infantry Division variant type

The origins of the unit can be traced back to the "Venice" Brigade, established on June 7,
 1883 with the 83rd and 84th Infantry Regiment employed, which with the 1926 order became 
the XIX Infantry Brigade and ranks as the third regiment 70th "Ancona" Infantry Regiment. 
The brigade and the 19th Field Artillery Regiment constitute the territorial unit Territorial
 Military Division of Florence (19th), which in 1934 was reconfigured as an operational unit
 and took the name of the "Gavinana" Infantry Division (19th), name which was extended also 
to the brigade which thus becomes the "Gavinana" Infantry Brigade (XIX). The 28th March 1935
 division was sent to Eritrea and for the entire period of stay in Italian East Africa
 (until 9th ​​July 1936, a "Gavinana II" Infantry Division (119th) was alive in Florence,
 to which the 127th and the 128th Infantry Regiment "Firenze" and the 213rd Infantry 
Regiment "Arno", framed in a new Infantry Brigade "Gavinana II" (CXIX), and the
 43rd Artillery Regiment for Infantry Division. The "Gavinana" is demobilized in July 1936
 and on the same date the Division and the "Gavinana II" Brigade are dissolved. On April 15,
 1939, following the change of order of the Royal Army, the "Gavinana" Brigade is reconstituted
 as the "Venice" Infantry Division (19th), with the 83rd and 84th Infantry Regiment of the 
old "Venice" Brigade and the 19th Field Artillery Regiment.


The badges of the 19th Gavinana and the 17th Rubicon are characterized by 
the particular handwriting of the letters and numbers. They are completely 
different from all the others, they almost have an Art Nouveau style, probably 
they were produced by a different company than all the others