Italian Forces in North Russia

[Chris Grimshaw]

Afternoon Team

Scans show a cover into Italy from a soldier with the Italian Forces in North Russia who formed part of the allies Intervention Force in Murmansk.  The Italians sent 1254 men to support these operations. 

If my reading of Italian is correct they were there August 1918 to September 1919 "(POSTA MILITARI III Edition 1984, Pages 244 / 245 by Luciano Buzzetti )"

No Field Post Office accompanied them (they may have used the British FPO system) mail can be identified by the senders details and the circular cachet. CORPO DI SPEDIZIONE RUSSIA SETTENTRIONALE,

A very rare item

Chris

[Sozont Singh]

Chris, hello!
This is very interesting postal material! :)
Thanks for sharing.