Thursday, August 19, 2010

Italy - Fascist Beret

A woman with beret kissing the Italian Fascist flag on a 1930's propaganda poster. 
In reality, the beret wasn't a favorite among Italian fascists (unlike their Spanish counterparts) - instead they wore the most unpractical, but most impressive, headgear of WWII. See below
eBay  Image 1 WWII ITALIAN  CARABINIERI HAT * FASCIST FEDERAL POLICE  

Meanwhile, the British fascists (and let's not forget, there were a good number of them) adopted the black beret fanatically. 
Women Blackshirts on parade in Liverpool give the fascist salute
The British Union of Fascists had 50,000 members at one point

No comments:

Post a Comment