Kingdom of Italy - Ministerial Flags (1923-1945)

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• Prime Minister and Chief of Government's Flag
• State Minister's Flag, except Navy and Air Ministers
• State Subsecretary's Flag, except Navy and Air Subsecretaries
• More Fascist Italy Symbols

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• Italy
• Kingdom of Italy (1848-1946)
• Kingdom of Italy - Rank Flags
• Repubblica Sociale Italiana

Prime Minister and Chief of Government's Flag

by Santiago Dotor, 31 March 2000

Benito Mussolini had a blue flag with the fasces on it as his personal flag of office.
Giuseppe Bottasini, 10 January 1997

I don't believe the "Tricolor" ever had the "fasces". But, the personal flag of Benito Mussolini did have the "fasces". His flag was royal blue with a square golden-yellow band around the "fasces" in the center of the flag.
C. E. Baldwin , 13 November 1998

Was this flag the personal flag of Mussolini, his flag as the head of the fascist party, or...? I seem to recall that Mussolini kept the forms of the pre-fascist Italian Kingdom's govt. alive, i.e. formally he was just Prime Minister, rather than holding a new office created for himself . SO is this the PM's flag?
Joshua Fruhlinger, 13 November 1998

I have no answer to your question as to whether or not this was used as the PM's flag. According to my notes, Dr. Whitne