page_title: 1st Alpini Regiment
section_title: Interwar Period
hierarchical_section_title: 1st Alpini Regiment / History / Interwar Period
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Fregio da beretto rigido degli Alpini, le truppe da montagna dell'Esercito italiano. Français&#160;: Insigne de coiffe des Alpini, les troupes de montagne de l'armée italienne. English: Cap insignia of the Alpini, the mountain troops of the Italian Army.
context_page_description: The 1st Alpini Regiment is an inactive regiment of the Italian Army's mountain infantry speciality, the Alpini, which distinguished itself in combat during World War I and World War II.
context_section_description: On 31 October 1935, the 4th Alpine Division “Cuneense” was formed and was composed of the 1st Alpini and 2nd Alpini Regiment and the 4th Mountain Artillery Regiment.
  Each Alpini regiment fielded 160 officers, and 5,046 NCOs and soldiers for a total strength of 5,206 men. Each regiment also had 23 horses, 1,242 mules and 109 transport vehicles at its disposal. The division's order of battle was as follows:
   1st Alpini Regiment HQ based in Mondovì
  Command Company in Mondovì
   Ceva Alpini Battalion in Ceva
  1st Alpini Company in Ceva
  4th Alpini Company in Bagnasco
  5th Alpini Company in Ceva
  101st Support Arms Company in Ceva
   Pieve di Teco Alpini Battalion in Chiusa di Pesio
  2nd Alpini Company in Chiusa di Pesio
  3rd Alpini Company in Chiusa di Pesio
  8th Alpini Company in Roccaforte Mondovì
  102nd Support Arms Company in Chiusa di Pesio
   Mondovì Alpini Battalion in Mondovì
  9th Alpini Company in Torre Mondovì
  10th Alpini Company in San Michele Mondovì
  11th Alpini Company in Vicoforte
  103rd Support Arms Company in Santuario di Vicoforte
  84th 47/32 M35 Cannon Company in Mondovì
  1st Health Company in Mondovì
  612th Field Hospital in Mondovì
  1st Sanitary Support Company in Beinette
  21st Baggage Train Company in Mondovì
  In 1935 the "Pieve di Teco" battalion was sent to fight in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, where it distinguished itself during the battles of Amba Aradam, Amba Alagi, Worq Amba, Mai Ceu and Mekan Pass.
caption: Cap insignia of the Alpini.
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