Frieze from colbacco and / or tropical helmet 1889 from Officer of the 5th Rgt. NOVARA cavalrymen

The unit was created on December 24, 1828, by decree of the King of Sardinia Carlo Felice, 
with the original name of Dragoni di Piemonte. From 1 January 1832 it takes the name of
 Novara Cavalleria with which it participates in the First War of Independence, on 9 April 1848
 it has its baptism of fire by participating in the occupation of the Monzambano bridge while 
in the Battle of Santa Lucia the regimental banner earns its first Bronze Medal for military valor
 and was the first cavalry regiment to receive a banner decoration for the Risorgimento campaigns.
 On June 14 of the same year the unit, subjected to an attack by a group of Uhlans, victoriously 
charged the attackers, turning them on the run. The Novara had been led to the attack by 
his colonel Ferdinando Maffei di Boglio, who for his behavior on the occasion, obtained the 
Gold Medal for military valor, the first awarded to a member of the department