Editing Fasces (section)

=== Italy ===
The Italian word ''[[fascio]]'' ({{plural form}}: ''fasci''), etymologically related to ''fasces'', was used by various political organizations in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with the figurative meaning of "league" or "union".

[[Italian Fascism]], which derives its name from the fasces, arguably used this symbolism the most in the twentieth century. The [[British Union of Fascists]] also used it in the 1930s. The fasces, as a widespread and long-established symbol in the West, however, has avoided the [[social stigma|stigma]] associated with much of [[fascist symbolism]] (except in Italy, where exhibiting the fasces can lead to an indictment) and many authorities continue to display them, including the federal government of the United States.

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Image:War flag of the Italian Social Republic.svg|War flag of the [[Italian Social Republic]]
Image:Flag of the National Fascist Party (PNF) variant 2.svg|Flag of the [[National Fascist Party]]
Image:Flag of Italian Fascism.svg|Italian Fascist flag first seen used in the early 1920s with this depiction being one variant of such flags that were the Italian tricolour flag with a fasces in the middle of it
Image:Fascist_Eagle.svg|Eagle perched on fasces, as adorned on caps and helmets of [[Fascist Italy (1922–1943)|Fascist Italy]]
File:Roundel of Italy (1922–1940).svg|Fuselage roundel used on aircraft of the [[Regia Aeronautica|Italian air force]] during the Fascist period
File:Italy-Royal-Airforce.svg|Roundel used on the wings of aircraft of the Italian air force during the Fascist period
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