Italian Social Republic, Monument to the Fallen, Brescia

Italian Social Republic · 1944 · 25c

This stamp, the first issued by the Italian Social Republic, depicts the Monument to the Fallen in Brescia. The design features a prominent classical column and statue, symbolizing remembrance and national pride under the RSI regime. It was part of a definitive series issued in areas of northern Italy controlled by Mussolini after the armistice.

Issued during World War II by the German-backed puppet state led by Mussolini, these stamps represent a brief but turbulent period in Italian history following the fall of the Fascist regime in 1943.