Regiment of infantry of national ordinance
FISSO DELLA CITTA' DI TORINO
1734 - 1737
King Charles Emmanuel III gives order the
24 march 1734 to raise a new national regiment, called Fisso
della Città di Torino (Fixed of the City of Turin),
of volunteers citizens inhabitant in the Capital of the
Kingdom Turin. It has to be the garrison of the city. It has
10 companies.
Service during the Polish
Succession War
The Regiment Fisso della Città di
Torino has only garrison duties in the Placefort of Turin.
In 1737 this unit is dibanded.
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Commanders of Fisso della
Città di Torino under Charles Emmanuel III
D. Jean Baptiste Ripa Buschetto,
Marquise de Giaglione et Meana
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3- 5- 1734
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Uniform
Dark blue coat, red lining, cuffs,
waistcoat, breeches, collar. White gaiters for fusilier,
black for grenadiers. Nine tinned buttons in five ranks, a
single one in the bottom and four ranks of two on each side
of the coat, three on the cuffs. Horizontal pockets.
Tricorne with dark blue cockade on the left brim and withe
hem for fusiliers, bearskin cap for grenadiers.
Colours
Colonel's
Colour: Blue with black eagle in the
centre decorated with the Savoy's cross and overhanged by
royal crown.
Regimental
Colour:
Regimental Colour: White cross over blu
and yellow hem. Four golden bulls (the bull is the Coat of
Arm of Turin) in each quarter. A latin motto in the first
quarter: "Auxilium Meum a Domino".
Jean Cerino Badone
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