Marshal of Italy

Marshal of Italy Maresciallo d'Italia (Italian)
Army rank flag
Marshal of Italy sleeve rank insignia (1933–45)
Country	Kingdom of Italy
Service branch	Royal Italian Army   Regia Aeronautica
Formation	4 November 1924
Abolished	18 January 1947
Next higher rank	First Marshal of the Empire
Next lower rank	Army general
Equivalent ranks	Grand admiral Marshal of the air force

Marshal of Italy (Italian : Maresciallo d'Italia) was a rank in the Royal Italian Army (Regio Esercito). Originally created in 1924 by Italian dictator Benito Mussolini for the purpose of honoring generals Luigi Cadorna and Armando Diaz, the rank was granted to several other general officers from 1926 to 1943. The rank was the highest in the Italian Army prior to the creation of the rank of First Marshal of the Empire in 1938. The rank of Marshal of Italy was abolished in 1946 with the creation of the Italian Republic. The equivalent Royal Navy ( Regia Marina ) rank was Grand admiral (Grande Ammiraglio), while the equivalent Air Force ( Regia Aeronautica ) rank was Marshal of the Air Force (Maresciallo dell'Aria). ^[1]

The rank was formally abolished on 18 January 1947 by the Provisional Head of State Enrico de Nicola. ^[2]

List of the Marshals of Italy

Portrait	Name	Date of promotion	Military	Notes
	Luigi Cadorna (1850–1928)	4 November 1924	Army
	Armando Diaz (1861–1928)	4 November 1924	Army
	Paolo Thaon di Revel (1859–1948)	4 November 1924[ citation needed ]	Navy
	Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869–1931)	25 June 1926	Army
	Pietro Badoglio (1871–1956)	25 June 1926	Army	Succeeded Mussolini as Prime Minister in 1943, following the fall of the Fascist regime
	Enrico Caviglia (1862–1945)	25 June 1926	Army
	Gaetano Giardino (1864–1935)	25 June 1926	Army
	Guglielmo Pecori Giraldi (1856–1941)	25 June 1926	Army
	Italo Balbo (1896–1940)	13 August 1933	Air Force	Co-leader of the 1922 March on Rome. Marshal of the Royal Italian Air Force; died in 1940 in a friendly fire incident over Tobruk
	Emilio De Bono (1866–1944)	16 November 1935	Army	Co-leader of the 1922 March on Rome
	Rodolfo Graziani (1882–1955)	9 May 1936	Army	After the Armistice of Cassibile, commanded the National Republican Army
	Ugo Cavallero (1880–1943)	1 July 1942	Army
	Ettore Bastico (1876–1972)	12 August 1942	Army	Governor-General of Italian Libya. Commander-in-chief of Axis forces in the North African campaign; promoted to have rank equal to field marshal Erwin Rommel
	Umberto, Prince of Piedmont (1904–1983)	29 October 1942	Army	Later King Umberto II
	Giovanni Messe (1883–1968)	12 May 1943	Army

Gallery

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  Social Republic
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  1945–47 ^[3]

See also

• Marshal (Italy) – an intermediate rank between sergeants and officers.
• First marshal of the empire
• Military ranks of the Kingdom of Italy
• Italo Balbo – Marshal of the Air Force
• Paolo Thaon di Revel – Grand Admiral

References

1. Page Archived 2007-12-23 at the Wayback Machine of the Italian Army (Esercito Italiano) home site - www.esercito.difesa.it.
2. "DECRETO LEGISLATIVO DEL CAPO PROVVISORIO DELLO STATO 18 gennaio 1947, n. 66 - Normattiva". www.normattiva.it. Retrieved 2022-04-09.
3. "Le Insegne di grado dal 1945 al 1972". esercito.difesa.it (in Italian). Italian Army. Archived from the original on 4 July 2011. Retrieved 16 February 2022.