SIG members are encouraged to adopt representative items of civilian clothing that would have been worn during the Anzio-to-Rome period. Ideas for possible male impressions follow.
Operaio (unskilled or semi-skilled worker):
- Footwear: Simple low-quarter leather shoes or brogans
- Clothing: Cotton moleskin work suit, usually royal blue in color consisting of loose-fitting, straight-leg trousers and a jacket (similar in cut to a sack coat) with three outside patch pockets (“French work jacket” or “veste travail” on ebay) worn over a sleeveless undershirt or button-up shirt
- Headgear: dark color Beret or “fiddler’s cap”
- Footwear: Leather civilian ankle boots or other shoes suitable for farming
- Clothing: Operaio cotton moleskin work suit or other rustic clothing (sturdy cotton or wool trousers, button-up shirt, and jacket or vest
- Headgear: dark color Beret, straw hat, or “fiddler’s cap”
- Footwear: Low-quarter leather shoes or ankle boots
- Clothing: Wool suit, jacket and trousers, or vest and trousers; button-up shirt with or without necktie
- Headgear: Snap-brim cap, fedora, or other brimmed hat of the period (note that hats were not always worn by this group, however battlefield protocol requires some sort of head covering)
By this time, shortages caused by several years of war resulted in most folks’ clothing being well worn if not practically worn out. Note too that female partisans were not uncommon, particularly in the Studente group and among the middle- and upper-classes where the egalitarianism of socialism and communism often held sway. Inasmuch as partisan activity at this time and place was not yet of the paramilitary nature seen later in northern Italy, the wearing by civilians of military headgear, military shirts, and military tunics is generally forbidden in this time period.
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