Fasces - Other Modern Authorities and Movements

Other Modern Authorities and Movements

  • Benito Mussolini

The following cases all involve the adoption of the fasces as a symbol or icon; no actual 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/Commonwealth heraldry and insignia.
  • Napoleon and the French Revolution; this emblem remains on the front cover of French passports and as part of the French coat of arms
  • The Spanish gendarmerie Guardia Civil
  • Both the Norwegian and Swedish Police Service have double fasces in their logos.
  • The Miners Flag (also known as the "Diggers' Banner"), the standard of 19th-century gold-miners in the colony of Victoria, in Australia, included the fasces as a symbol of unity and strength of common purpose. This flag symbolized the movement prior to the rebellion at the Eureka Stockade (1854).
  • The coat of arms of Ecuador, which also features on its national flag, has included a fasces since 1822.
  • The coat of arms of Cameroon features two fasces which form a diagonal cross.
  • The coat of arms of Cuba features a fasces.
  • The third flag of Gran Colombia, a former nation in South America, depicted a large fasces entwined with several arrows.
  • The coat of arms of Norte de Santander, a department of Colombia, and of its capital Cúcuta, both feature a fasces.
  • The Grand Coat of Arms of Vilnius, Lithuania features a fasces.
  • The crest of the fraternity Alpha Phi Delta displays the fasces in its heraldry.
  • The crest of the Chi Phi Fraternity features a fasces.
  • The symbol of the National Party (Uruguay) (Partido Nacional)
  • On the entrance of the Royal Castle of Laeken in Belgium

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