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The Fascist Civil and Military Order of the Roman Eagle founded in 1942 with civil and military divisions, [1] was abolished in Italy in 1944; [2] although it continued to be awarded by Benito Mussolini in the short-lived Italian Social Republic until 1945. [3]
Roman ornament with an aquila (100–200 AD) from the Cleveland Museum of Art A modern reconstruction of an aquila. An aquila (Classical Latin: [ˈakᶣɪla]; lit. ' eagle ') was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, the "eagle
These were augmented during the Liberal period by the Order of the Crown of Italy, the Chivalrous Order of Agricultural, Industrial and Commercial Merit, the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy and later, by the Civil and Military Order of the Roman Eagle. [14] In contrast to the Republican orders, the feminine style Dama is used for women.
Roman military standards were emblems adopted by units of the Roman army. There were three main types of standard (Aquila, Vexillum, Signum). Several throughout its history include: Aquila, the emblem of the Roman legion whose adoption Pliny the Elder attributes to the general Gaius Marius. Each legion had an eagle, or aquila, carried by an ...
Order of the Black Eagle, Albania; Order of the Eagle of Este (Duchy of Modena) Most Excellent Order of the Eagle (Namibia) Order of the German Eagle (Third Reich) Order of the Golden Eagle (Kazakhstan) Order of the Mexican Eagle; Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia) Order of the Roman Eagle (Fascist Italy) Order of the White Eagle (disambiguation ...
Military Order of Italy: OMI Order of Merit for Labour: OML Order of the Star of Italy: OSI Order of Vittorio Veneto: OVV Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation: OSSA Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus: OSSML Order of the Crown of Italy: OCI Civil Order of Savoy: OCS Colonial Order of the Star of Italy: OCSI, CGCCI, GUCI, CCI, UCI, CI ...
Order of the Roman Eagle; S. Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity This page was last edited on 27 July 2018, at 16:42 (UTC). Text ...
Whereas the lion (e.g. England) usually represents authority, the eagle is the symbol of power. They are particularly popular in Germanic countries such as Austria, due to their association with the Holy Roman Empire. The eagle of the Holy Roman Empire was two-headed, supposedly representing the two divisions, East and West, of