Royal Border Guard (Albania)

Royal Border Guard Roja Mbretërore e Kufirit
Active	1928 - 1939
Country	Albania
Allegiance	Royal Albanian Army
Branch	Border Guard
Type	Defence force
Role	Protection of the Country
Size	91 officers, 222 NCOs and 1,500 soldiers
Headquarters	Tiranë
Engagements	Italian Invasion of Albania
Disbanded	1939
Commanders
Commanding officer	Col. Ali Rizaja Topalli
Second-in-command	Lt.Col. Enrico Palondrit

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.