Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Palermo" (30th)

Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Palermo" (30th)
Reggimento "Cavalleggeri di Palermo" (30°)
Regimental coat of arms
Active	29 April 1915 — 21 Nov. 1919 1938 — July 1943
Country	Italy
Branch	Royal Italian Army
Garrison/HQ	Palermo
Motto(s)	"Mora Mora"
Anniversaries	28 July 1918 - Battle of Kuç
Decorations	1× Bronze Medal of Military Valor
Insignia
Regimental gorget patches

The Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Palermo (30th)" (Italian: Reggimento "Cavalleggeri di Palermo" (30°) - "Chevau-légers of Palermo") is an inactive cavalry unit of the Italian Army. The regiment is the Italian Army's youngest cavalry regiment and was based throughout its existence in Palermo in Sicily. Shortly before Italy's entry into World War I, the Royal Italian Army formed the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Palermo" (30th) in Palermo. During World War I the regiment fought dismounted on the Italian Front and the Albanian front. In 1919, after the war's end, the regiment was disbanded. In 1936, the Royal Italian Army formed the Squadron "Cavalleggeri di Sicilia" in Palermo, which received the gorget patches and cap badge of the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Palermo (30th). In 1938, the Squadron "Cavalleggeri di Sicilia" joined the Regiment "Lancieri di Milano" in Civitavecchia. Subsequently, the Squadrons Group "Cavalleggeri di Palermo" was formed in Palermo, which was assigned the traditions, gorget patches and cap badge of the Regiment "Cavalleggeri di Palermo (30th). During World War II the squadrons group's depot in Palermo formed five dismounted groups. In July 1943, the Squadrons Group "Cavalleggeri di Palermo", the squadrons group's depot in Palermo, and three of the dismounted groups were destroyed during the Allied invasion of Sicily. The regiment's anniversary falls on 28 July 1918, the day the regiment distinguished itself in the Battle of Kuç in Albania, for which it was awarded a Bronze Medal of Military Valor.