Bandiera dei Mille

Carabinieri di Genova 15 febbario1861 Genova - donazione

Ignoto

27

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 140; Larghezza: 190

seta ricamata

The Neapolitan patriot women donated the flag to Garibaldi in September 1860; in turn, the Neapolitan gave it in an official ceremony in Caserta on 19 October of the same year to the Genoese Carabinieri corps, who handed it over to the mayor of Genoa, Marquis Gerolamo Gavotti, on 15 February 1861 (see nos. 833, 834). Representing the Genoese Carabinieri at the official ceremony were Antonio Mosto, Stefano Canzio, Bartolomeo Savi, Giovanni Fontana and Luigi Malatesta. In later years, at Garibaldi's own wish, it was only displayed at special patriotic ceremonies, as in the case of Giuseppe Mazzini's funeral, which took place in Genoa on 17 March 1872. Garibaldi often referred to this banner as the 'flag of the Thousand'. Since 1915, the flag, known as the 'flag of the Thousand', has been kept in the Museo del Risorgimento.