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<div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Army of the Albanian Kingdom from 1928 until 1939</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and 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style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><i>Ushtria Mbretnore Shqiptare</i></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flamuri_i_N.M._s%C3%AB_Tij_dhe_i_Ushtris%C3%AB.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flamuri_i_N.M._s%C3%AB_Tij_dhe_i_Ushtris%C3%AB.svg/100px-Flamuri_i_N.M._s%C3%AB_Tij_dhe_i_Ushtris%C3%AB.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flamuri_i_N.M._s%C3%AB_Tij_dhe_i_Ushtris%C3%AB.svg/150px-Flamuri_i_N.M._s%C3%AB_Tij_dhe_i_Ushtris%C3%AB.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Flamuri_i_N.M._s%C3%AB_Tij_dhe_i_Ushtris%C3%AB.svg/200px-Flamuri_i_N.M._s%C3%AB_Tij_dhe_i_Ushtris%C3%AB.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="250" data-file-height="316" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Flag of the Albanian Royal Army</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1928<span class="noprint">; 96 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1928</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Disbanded</th><td class="infobox-data">1939<span class="noprint">; 85 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">1939</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_branch" title="Military branch">Service branches</a></th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Infantry_of_Albania" title="Royal Infantry of Albania">Royal Infantry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Artillery_of_Albania" title="Royal Artillery of Albania">Royal Artillery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Engineers_of_Albania" title="Royal Engineers of Albania">Royal Engineers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Albanian_Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Albanian Navy">Royal Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Albanian_Air_Corps" title="Royal Albanian Air Corps">Royal Air Corps</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Albanian_Gendarmerie" title="Royal Albanian Gendarmerie">Royal Gendarmerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Guard_of_Albania" title="Royal Guard of Albania">Royal Guard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Border_Guard_(Albania)" title="Royal Border Guard (Albania)">Royal Border Guard</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Headquarters#Military" title="Headquarters">Headquarters</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tiran%C3%AB" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiranë">Tiranë</a>, Albania</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Category:Military_leadership" title="Category:Military leadership">Leadership</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Commander-in-Chief</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Marshal" title="Marshal">Marshal</a> <a href="/wiki/Zogu" class="mw-redirect" title="Zogu">Zogu</a><sup id="cite_ref-Balliu_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Balliu-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(Albania)" title="Ministry of Defence (Albania)">Minister of Defence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Xhemal_Aranitasi" title="Xhemal Aranitasi">Xhemal Aranitasi</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Chief_of_the_Albanian_General_Staff" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief of the Albanian General Staff">Chief of the General Staff</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gustav_von_Myrdacz" title="Gustav von Myrdacz">Gustav von Myrdacz</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Personnel</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Military age</th><td class="infobox-data">18–36</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">Conscription</a></th><td class="infobox-data">18 months</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_reserve" title="Military reserve">Reserve personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data">29,860</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_deployment" title="Military deployment">Deployed personnel</a></th><td class="infobox-data">15,600</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Expenditure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_budget" title="Military budget">Budget</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Franga" title="Franga">Fr</a></b> 21.3 million (1938 <abbr title="estimation">est.</abbr>)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><a href="/wiki/Military_acquisition" title="Military acquisition">Industry</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Foreign suppliers</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Italy_(1861-1946)_crowned.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy_%281861-1946%29_crowned.svg.png" 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decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281-2%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281-2%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281-2%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281-2%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Related articles</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_Gendarmerie" title="International Gendarmerie">International Gendarmerie</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Albania" title="Italian invasion of Albania">Italian invasion of Albania</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">Ranks</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_the_Albanian_Kingdom" title="Military ranks of the Albanian Kingdom">Military ranks of the Albanian Kingdom</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zogu_Royal_Albanian_Army.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Zogu_Royal_Albanian_Army.png/200px-Zogu_Royal_Albanian_Army.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Zogu_Royal_Albanian_Army.png/300px-Zogu_Royal_Albanian_Army.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Zogu_Royal_Albanian_Army.png/400px-Zogu_Royal_Albanian_Army.png 2x" data-file-width="475" data-file-height="351" /></a><figcaption>Royal Albanian Army with Zogu</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Royal Albanian Army</b> (<a href="/wiki/Albanian_language" title="Albanian language">Albanian</a>: <i lang="sq">Ushtria Mbretërore Shqiptare</i>) was the army of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Albania_(1928%E2%80%9339)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Albania (1928–39)">Albanian Kingdom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Zog_I_of_Albania" class="mw-redirect" title="Zog I of Albania">King Zog I of the Albanians</a> from 1928 until 1939. Its commander-in-chief was King Zog; its commander was General <a href="/wiki/Xhemal_Aranitasi" title="Xhemal Aranitasi">Xhemal Aranitasi</a>; its Chief of Staff was General <a href="/wiki/Gustav_von_Myrdacz" title="Gustav von Myrdacz">Gustav von Myrdacz</a>. The army was mainly financed by Italy from 1936 to 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_weapons">List of weapons</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: List of weapons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Artillery">Artillery</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Artillery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Type_41_75_mm_Mountain_Gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun">Type 41 75 mm Mountain Gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skoda_75_mm_Model_1928" title="Skoda 75 mm Model 1928">Skoda 75 mm Model 1928</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannone_da_65/17_modello_13" title="Cannone da 65/17 modello 13">Cannone da 65/17 modello 13</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Machine_Guns">Machine Guns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Machine Guns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Schwarzlose_MG_M.07/12" class="mw-redirect" title="Schwarzlose MG M.07/12">Schwarzlose MG M.07/12</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun" title="Vickers machine gun">Vickers machine gun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maxim_gun" title="Maxim gun">Maxim gun</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Guns">Guns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Guns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carcano" title="Carcano">Carcano M1891</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannlicher%E2%80%93Sch%C3%B6nauer" title="Mannlicher–Schönauer">Mannlicher–Schönauer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauser_M1893" class="mw-redirect" title="Mauser M1893">Mauser M1893</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pistols">Pistols</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Pistols"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Glisenti_Model_1910" title="Glisenti Model 1910">Glisenti Model 1910</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Law_on_recruitment">Law on recruitment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Law on recruitment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Article 1. Any male <a href="/wiki/Albanians" title="Albanians">Albanian</a> citizen is obliged to perform military service according to the provisions of this law.</li> <li>Article 2. Excluded from military service and cannot participate in the armed forces are those sentenced to life, as well as those who are sentenced to a punishment that entails the loss of civil rights, and the permanent loss of the right to serve State. An exception is made for political convicts who over time regain their civil rights.</li> <li>Article 3. Military duty begins on December 1 of the year in which boys turn 19 and enter their 20s, until December 31 of the year in which they turn 50. This service task is divided into three parts: a) the first part, which is 18 months and is spent in continuous service under arms, which is called active service; b) The second part, which is spent on release, except for calls that can be made and similar from the date of release from active service until December 31 of the year in which they reach 45 years of age; c) The third part, which is also spent on release from 31 December of the year in which they reach 45 years of age until 31 December of the year in which they reach 50 years old. This part is called second line army service.</li> <li>Article 4. The time of active service can be shortened for all or part of that class with the proposal of the Command of the Armed Forces, with the consent of the Ministerial Council and with the Presidential Decree.</li> <li>Article 5. All Albanian male citizens between the ages of 20 and 50 must have a document with them to present in any case that the Gendarmerie asks for, that document should prove that they have completed active military service from which they were regularly released. For the sharing and use of the document in question, measures will be taken in turn.</li> <li>From January 1 of the year in which the men reach the age of 18 until their service duties are completed, the aforementioned men cannot emigrate except when they have deposited, as a pledge, an amount of <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">fr.</a> 1000 gold in the State treasury, or in the other case, by means of a Notary's deed from <a href="/wiki/Swiss_franc" title="Swiss franc">fr.</a> 1000 gold.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Manpower_and_Equipment">Manpower and Equipment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Manpower and Equipment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Albanian_Army_1939.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Albanian_Army_1939.jpg/220px-Albanian_Army_1939.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Albanian_Army_1939.jpg/330px-Albanian_Army_1939.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Albanian_Army_1939.jpg/440px-Albanian_Army_1939.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="754" /></a><figcaption>Honor guard of the Royal Albanian Army around 1939.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Army">Army</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Army"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>780 officers + 13,200 soldiers + 1620 NCOs</li> <li>Around 43,960 conscripts (1939)</li> <li>9 military districts</li> <li>12 infantry battalions</li> <li>2 motorized infantry squadrons</li> <li>9 engineering companies</li> <li>1200 tribal officers + 29,860 tribal militia</li> <li>204 HMG</li> <li>10,700 carbines (Carcano M1891, <a href="/wiki/Mannlicher%E2%80%93Sch%C3%B6nauer" title="Mannlicher–Schönauer">Mannlicher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mosin%E2%80%93Nagant" title="Mosin–Nagant">Mosin</a>)</li> <li>1,104 revolvers (Glisenti M1889)</li> <li>16,196 rifles (<a href="/wiki/Beretta" title="Beretta">Beretta</a> Model 38 &1918)</li> <li>12 batteries of 65 mm Italian</li> <li>6 batteries of <a href="/wiki/Skoda_75_mm_Model_15" title="Skoda 75 mm Model 15">75 mm</a> <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0koda_Works" title="Škoda Works">Škoda</a></li> <li>2 batteries of 105 mm Italian</li> <li>2 batteries of 149 mm Italian (8 guns)</li> <li>1 coastal artillery battery in <a href="/wiki/Durr%C3%ABs" title="Durrës">Durrës</a></li> <li>3 AA artillery batteries</li> <li>2 <a href="/wiki/Fiat_3000" title="Fiat 3000">Fiat 3000</a>B tanks</li> <li>6 Ansaldo <a href="/wiki/L3/33" title="L3/33">CV.33</a> tankettes</li> <li>8 armored cars: 2 Bianchi, 6 <a href="/wiki/Lancia_IZM" class="mw-redirect" title="Lancia IZM">Lancia IZM</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Special_branches">Special branches</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Special branches"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>For health service; (also for the Gendarmerie) is under the direction of the oldest doctor of the Tirana Garrison.</li> <li>For the veterinary service (also for the gendarmerie) is under the direction of the most senior veterinarian.</li> <li>For the court service (also for the Gendarmerie) is the Military Court in Tirana. The rights of court orders for subordinates belong to the Commander of the Armed Forces.</li> <li>For recruitment service (also for gendarmerie until this is completed with regular recruitment): 9 Recruitment Offices (according to the political division of Albania) with its own branches for each Sub-prefecture.</li> <li>For material service (maintenance work): General warehouse and subsidiary warehouses among several garrisons.; General warehouse workshop (for weapon repair).; Workshop for artillery and repair of automobiles.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Navy">Navy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Navy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>158 personnel</li> <li>2 gunboats (ex-German minesweepers type FM=Flachgehende Minensuchboote) <ul><li>170 t, 43/6/1.7 m, 14 kn., 76 mm gun, 2 MG</li> <li>Built in 1918/19, bought c. 1925.</li> <li><i>Shqipnja</i> (ex-FM 16) & <i>Skanderbeg</i> (ex-FM 23)</li></ul></li> <li>4 Italian <a href="/wiki/MAS_(boat)" class="mw-redirect" title="MAS (boat)">MAS boats</a> <ul><li>Built & bought in 1928 in Venice</li> <li>46 t, 17 kn., 76 mm gun, 2 MG</li> <li><i>Tirana</i>, <i>Saranda</i>, <i>Durres</i>, <i>Shengjin</i></li></ul></li> <li>1 Royal Yacht "Ilirja".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Air_Corps"><a href="/wiki/Royal_Albanian_Air_Corps" title="Royal Albanian Air Corps">Air Corps</a></h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Air Corps"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>5 Albatros L.47s (de-militarised <a href="/wiki/Albatros_C.XV" title="Albatros C.XV">C.XV</a>) 2 airworthy in April 1939.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gendarmerie">Gendarmerie</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Gendarmerie"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>131 (officers) + 440 (NCO) + 3,206 (soldiers)</li> <li>6 battalions (every battalion had 500–600 men)</li> <li>Behind vehicles are the numbers that were in use by the Albanian army<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_education">Military education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Military education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Aspirants' School in Tirana for Infantry and Artillery.</li></ul> <ul><li>Military Gymnasium in Tirana, (as preparation for higher military schools).</li> <li>Navy School in Durrës (for officers and noncommisioned Marine officers).<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Medals">Medals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Medals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Albanian Kingdom had the below-mentioned Decorations: </p> <ul><li>Order of Bravery</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Besa" title="Order of Besa">Order of Fidelity (Besa)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Skanderbeg_(1925%E2%80%931945)" title="Order of Skanderbeg (1925–1945)">Order of Skanderbeg</a></li> <li>Medal of Bravery</li></ul> <p>According to the Law on Decorations (May 1930), "the King wore whatever Decoration he desired." Decorations were granted only by Royal Decree. </p><p>The Order of Bravery consisted of the following classes: </p> <ol><li>Hero</li> <li>Slaughterer</li> <li>Brave.</li></ol> <p>The Order of Bravery was awarded to officers and soldiers of all the Armed Forces of the King who showed extraordinary acts of bravery in wartime. The Order was the highest decoration awarded in times of war. Those who were given the Order of Bravery were given a monthly gift for 100-250 gold francs. In the event that the recipient died, the monthly gift was fully inherited by the members of his family who had the right to inherit the salary according to the Pension Law. The provision did not affect the right to receive the pension obtained by other laws. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Besa" title="Order of Besa">Order of Fidelity (Besa)</a> consisted of these classes: </p> <ol><li>Grand Officer</li> <li>Knight.</li></ol> <p>The Order of Fidelity was given for special merits towards the country. </p><p>The Order of Skanderbeg consisted of the following classes: </p> <ol><li>Grand Cord</li> <li>Grand Officer</li> <li>Commander</li> <li>Officer</li> <li>Knight.</li></ol> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Skanderbeg_(1925%E2%80%931945)" title="Order of Skanderbeg (1925–1945)">Order of Skanderbeg</a> was given to all those who showed valuable services to the nation. </p><p>The Medal of Bravery was awarded to all those military or civilian personnel who had earned commendable merits through acts of bravery.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1936, a "Gendarmerie Medal" was created for meritorious service in the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Albanian_Gendarmerie" title="Royal Albanian Gendarmerie">Royal Gendarmerie</a>. The ribbon of the medal was black with four thin red stripes. The number of medals that would be made was not defined. On the front side of the medal was the face of the King, and on the other side was written the words: "For meritorious service" in the middle, and "Medal of the Gendarmerie" around. </p><p>This medal was awarded to the staff of the Gendarmerie for meritorious service. In exceptional cases, with the proposal of the Gendarmerie General Command, the medal could be awarded to other members of the armed forces and civilians who have rendered meritorious service in helping the Gendarmerie.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Military_ranks_of_the_Albanian_Kingdom" title="Military ranks of the Albanian Kingdom">Military ranks of the Albanian Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albanian_Armed_Forces" title="Albanian Armed Forces">Albanian Armed Forces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zogu" class="mw-redirect" title="Zogu">Zogu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zogist_salute" title="Zogist salute">Zogist salute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Royal_Border_Guard_(Albania)" title="Royal Border Guard (Albania)">Royal Border Guard</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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( alb. )</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FEkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA20">"LIFE Vol. 6 No. 16"</a>. <i>Life</i>. 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class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Royal_Albanian_Army&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Piero Crociani, "Gli Albanesi Nelle Forze Armate Italiane (1939–1945)", Roma 2001</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bernd_J%C3%BCrgen_Fischer" title="Bernd Jürgen Fischer">Bernd Fischer</a>, "Albania at War, 1939-1945", London, 1999</li> <li>Patrice Najbor, Histoire de l'Albanie et de sa maison royale (5 volumes), JePublie, Paris, 2008, (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-9532382-0-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-2-9532382-0-4">978-2-9532382-0-4</a>).</li> <li>Patrice Najbor, La dynastye des Zogu, Textes & Prétextes, Paris, 2002</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081214220300/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,761061,00.html">Time Magazine, April 17, 1939 (article "A Birth and a Death")</a> & <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090808072550/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723720,00.html">Albania: Zog, Not Scanderbeg (Monday, Jun. 17, 1929)</a></li> <li>"Jane's Fighting Ships", London, various years</li> <li>"League of Nations Armaments Yearbook", Geneva, various years 1924-1938</li> <li>e-archives of Korrieri, Tiranë Gazeta and other Albanian newspapers</li> <li>on-line articles of the Albanian Headquarters and General Staff website</li> <li>on-line articles of Ushtria Gazeta (Army Gazette)</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist 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