page_title: 9th Alpini Regiment
section_title: Alpini Battalion "Vicenza"
hierarchical_section_title: 9th Alpini Regiment / History / Cold War / Alpini Battalion "Vicenza"
caption_attribution_description: Coat of Arms of the "Vicenza" Alpini Battalion; Italian Army.
context_page_description: The 9th Alpini Regiment is a regiment of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II. Based in the city of L'Aquila in Abruzzo the regiment is operationally assigned to the Alpine Brigade "Taurinense".
context_section_description: During the 1975 Italian Army reform the 8th Alpini Regiment was disbanded and its battalions became independent. On 1 September 1975 the Alpini Battalion "Vicenza" was reformed as Alpini (Recruits Training) Battalion "Vicenza" in Tolmezzo. The Vicenza received the war flag and traditions of the 9th Alpini, but had to transfer two Silver Medals of Military Valour to the newly created flag of the Alpini Battalion L'Aquila, while the two Gold Medals of Military Valour, awarded to the 9th Alpini Regiment for its conduct during the Greco-Italian war and on the Eastern Front, were duplicated for the new flag of the L'Aquila battalion. The Silver Medal of Military Valour awarded to the Vicenza battalion for its conduct during World War I, and the Silver Medal of Military Valour awarded to the Val Leogra battalion for its conduct during the Greco-Italian war remained affixed to the war flag of the Alpini Battalion Vicenza. 
  For its conduct and work after the 1976 Friuli earthquake the battalion was awarded a Bronze Medal of Army Valour, which was affixed to the battalion's war flag and added to the battalion's coat of arms.
  With the battalions base in Tolmezzo damaged the unit moved to Codroipo, with the exception of the 61st Company, which was transferred to Teramo to train the recruits of the L'Aquila Battalion.
caption: Coat of arms of the Alpini Battalion "Vicenza"
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