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Royal Border Guard (Albania)

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Active
  
1928 - 1939

Allegiance
  
Royal Albanian Army

Type
  
Defence force

Country
  
Albania

Branch
  
Border Guard

Role
  
Protection of the Country

The Royal Border Guard (Albanian: Roja Mbretërore e Kufirit) existed from 1928 to 1939 as part of the Royal Albanian Army.

Structure

The force consisted of five battalions (commanders listed as of April 7, 1939):

  • Border Battalion Korçë (Capt. Rexhep Radomira)
  • Border Battalion Delvine (Capt. Haxhi Gilagoli)
  • Border Battalion Durrës (Capt. Shaban Tirana)
  • Border Battalion Shkodër (Cpt. Hamdi Jusufi)
  • Instruction Battalion Korçë ( Col. Preng Pervizi)

    • The Border Guard had a statutory strength of 91 officers, 222 NCOs and around 1,500 men, in 14 companies of 48 platoons subdivided into 119 squads, and probably had more or less that strength on the eve of the invasion. The Guard was more of a fiscal or customs police than a military arm, and was incorporated into the Italian Guardia di Finanza after the invasion.

    References

    Royal Border Guard (Albania) Wikipedia
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