10th Infantry Division troop arm shield

The origins of the division date back to the "Lombardia" Brigade, established on 27 February 1849 
and dissolved in the spring of the same year.

The "Brescia" Brigade of the Savoy Army was formed on November 1, 1859 with the 19th and 
20th regiments, formerly belonging to the Lombard Division which had fought during the
 first war of independence.

The Brigade, which became part of the Royal Army after the proclamation of the Kingdom 
of Italy, was engaged in the Third Italian War of Independence by fighting in the Battle
 of Custoza, participating in the capture of Rome in 1870, in the colonial wars, in Eritrea
 in 1896 and in the 1911 conquest of Libya in the Italo-Turkish War.

On November 6, 1926, in execution of the law of March 11, 1926 on the organization of the 
Royal Army, which provides for the constitution of brigades on three regiments, the large 
unit took on the order of XXVII Infantry Brigade, in which the 19th and 20th Regiment, 
framed in the 27th Territorial Military Division of Catanzaro. This unit on 1 January 1935 
assumed the name of the Infantry Division "Sila" (27th). [4] When the "Sila" Division was
 mobilized and transferred to Eritrea on 20 September 1935, the "Sila II" Infantry Division 
(127th) was established in Catanzaro on the same date, which framed the "Sila II" (CXXVII)
 infantry brigade with the 132nd, 243rd and 244th Infantry Regiment, and the 45th Artillery Regiment.

In Eritrea the "Sila" Brigade takes part in the operations for the conquest of Macallè and, 
on November 4, 1935, in those for the occupation of Adigrat. In December the large unit was 
used in local combat in the southern sector of Enda Jesus-Passo Dogheà and in reconnaissance 
actions in the area of ​​Debrì, Calammo, Scelicot. 



On January 19, 1936, after bitter clashes, the "Sila" Brigade occupied important centers
 in Tembien. In February, having overcome the tenacious resistance of the defenders, it
 reached the heights north of Amba Aradam and on 26 February occupied the Amba Alagi pass. 
In March the occupation extended to the Fenaroà and Socotà plateau. [2] In East Africa the
 flags of the regiments of the large unit earned the bronze medal for military valor and the 
Cross of the Military Order of Savoy 

At the end of the Ethiopian campaign on the return of the "Sila" to the homeland, the "Sila II" 
was dissolved. 

In 1939 the large unit was renamed 27th Infantry Division "Brescia" centered on the 19th and 
20th Brescia infantry regiments and on the 55th artillery regiment.