Regiment "Lancieri di Firenze" (9th)

Regiment "Lancieri di Firenze" (9th)
Reggimento "Lancieri di Firenze" (9°)
Regimental coat of arms
Active	12 Sept. 1753 - 8 Sept. 1943 1 Oct. 1975 - 7 Oct. 1995[1][2]
Country	Italy
Branch	Italian Army
Part of	Mechanized Brigade "Friuli"
Garrison/HQ	Grosseto
Motto(s)	"Con l'animo che vince ogni battaglia"[1]
Anniversaries	30 October 1918 - Battle of Vittorio Veneto[1]
Decorations	2x Bronze Medals of Military Valor 1x Bronze Medal of Army Valor[1]
Insignia
"Lancieri di Firenze" gorget patches

The Regiment "Lancieri di Firenze" (9th) (Italian: Reggimento "Lancieri di Firenze" (9°) - "Lancers of Florence") is an inactive cavalry unit of the Tuscan Army, French Army, Sardinian Army, and Italian Army. Formed in Tuscany in 1753 the regiment served in the Napoleonic Wars, during which its troops reached Madrid and Moscow. In 1848—49 the regiment fought in the First Italian War of Independence. During the Second Italian War of Independence the regiment switched allegiance from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany to the Kingdom of Sardinia and thus became the only regiment from a pre-unification state to be integrated into the Royal Sardinian Army. The regiment participated in the Third Italian War of Independence and during World War I it fought dismounted in the trenches of the Italian front. In World War II the regiment was assigned to the 2nd Cavalry Division "Emanuele Filiberto Testa di Ferro" and served in annexed Albania, occupied Greece, and occupied Yugoslavia on anti-partisan duty. The regiment was disbanded after the announcement of the Armistice of Cassibile by invading German forces. During the Cold War the unit was assigned to the Armored Brigade "Vittorio Veneto" as a tank unit. After the Cold War the regiment was disbanded in 1995.^[3]