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Legal disclaimer This image shows (or resembles) a symbol that was used by the National Socialist (NSDAP/Nazi) government of Germany or an organization closely associated to it, or another party which has been banned by the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany.
Most fascist movements adopted symbols of Ancient Roman or Greek origin, for example, the German use of Roman standards during rallies and the Italian adoption of the fasces symbol. The Spanish Falange took its name from the Spanish word for the Greek phalanx .
Previously the flag of the Italian Fasci of Combat from 1919 to 1921. Based on a Fascist propaganda poster depiction of such a flag and on this image Mussd.jpg found on Wikipedia and this image on google. The evolution of the symbol can by watched on the membership cards here. In 1926 it was officially replaced by a black flag.
English: The "Black Flag of Fascism" (Italian: "Il drappo nero del fascismo" or "Il drappo nero fascista") or "fascist flag" ("Bandiera fascista") was used by Italy's fascist state party Partito Nazionale Fascista (PNF) from 28 October 1934 at the latest and was in use until the party congress of the newly founded Republican Fascist Party (PFR) in Verona on 14/15 November 1943.
The crowd of 2,000 to 4,000 marchers, many sporting fascist symbols and singing hymns from Italy’s colonial era, was more numerous than in the recent past, as the fascist nostalgics celebrated ...
The book Fascism and theatre: comparative studies on the aesthetics and politics of performance by Günter Berghaus on page 90 describes the use of "the [Italian] tricolour and the black flag of Fascism" in 1934 that "were raised onto the façade of the entrance hall, where throughout the day they were protected by a guard of honour."
The following cases involve the adoption of the fasces as a symbol or icon, although no physical re-introduction has occurred. Aiguillettes worn by aides-de-camp in many Commonwealth armed forces bear the fasces on the metal points; the origin of this is unknown, as the fasces is an uncommon symbol in British and Commonwealth heraldry and insignia
Performing a stiff-armed fascist salute is not a crime in Italy unless it risks sparking violence or is aimed at reviving the fascist party, the Supreme Court has ruled in a verdict that delighted ...