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war flag
by Mario Fabretto, 14 November 1998
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The Italian flag didn't change when Mussolini rose to power.
However in 1943, after his liberation, Mussolini proclaimed in
Salo' the Italian Social Republic, limited to the northern Italy,
still under german occupation. The national flag was the plain
tricolore, while the war flag added to it a black (following
official descriptions) or dark silver (following reproduction)
eagle grasping a golden fasces.
Mario Fabretto, 14 November 1998
Since Italy technically remained a monarchy throughout the
war, and flag remained the current Tricolor with the arms of the
house of Savoy in the middle I think Mussolini's "Italian
Social Republic" (based around Saló in the far north once
Mussolini had been rescued by the Germans in 1943) also used the
tricolour but with fasces in the white stripe.
Roy Stilling, 9 April 1996 and Marcus Wendel, 13
August 1999
"The Republic of Saló" and the "Italian Social
Republic" are two ways of referring to the same Government;
the regime set up by the Germans after they freed Mussolini. The
official national flag of the Saló Republic was the plain
tri-color. The war flag was charged by a Roman eagle grasping
black fasces. The eagle was centered in the white band and
extended into the green and red stripes.
Norman M. Martin, Pier Paolo Lugli and Tom Gregg,
9 December 1997
You write that Your are not sure about the flag of the fascist
Italian republic RSI in Saló. I have found website with an image
(Warning 187 Kb) of the flag on the internet on a site which
specialize in RSI. . For a smaller version click here.
Jørgen Meedom, 29 July 1999
This is the War Flag, the State Flag was the plain tricolore.
Pier Paolo Lugli, 29 July 1999
The flag above is not the flag of the RSI, but the war flag of
the RSI. They are described in this law: Decreto
legislativo del Duce n. 141 del 28/1/1944:
Art. 1 La bandiera della Repubblica Sociale Italiana è formata
da un drappo di forma rettangolare interzato in palo di verde, di
bianco e di rosso, col verde all'asta sormontato dal Fascio
Repubblicano. Il drappo deve essere alto i due terzi della sua
lunghezza ed i tre colori vanno distribuiti nell'ordine anzidetto
ed in parti uguali.
Art. 2 La bandiera di combattimento delle Forze Armate è
caricata di un'aquila in nero ad ali spiegate poggiata su di un
Fascio Repubblicano posto in senso orizzontale, il tutto come da
tavola annessa al presente decreto. Il drappo deve essere alto un
metro e lungo metri 1,50.
From this description, the flag of the
