ITALY Cremona Mechanized Brigade sleeve patch

(Italian: Brigata meccanizzata "Cremona")
The Cremona Motorized Brigade was an infantry brigade of the Italian Army. The brigade's headquarters was in the city of Turin. The brigade carried on the name and traditions of the 44th Infantry Division Cremona.
On 30 October 1975 the Cremona Motorized Division was reduced to Cremona Motorized Brigade. All regiments of the division were reduced to battalions, while the two battalions of the 22nd Armoured Infantry Regiment became independent. The 7th Artillery Regiment was reduced to a single group.
In 1996 the Army decided to disbanded another six brigades and one of them was to be the Cremona.