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image by Miles Li, 1 November 2018
Ala Littoria, Italy's state airline from 1934 to 1945.
Miles Li,
1 November 2018
image by António Martins, 29 May 2008
image by António Martins, 29 May 2008
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image by António Martins, 29 May 2008
The company logo on a background of it's legendary car
bodywork color is the thing to do, and I guess that this is the
design every one would come up with when creating or
“deducing” an Alfa Romeo flag.
There a string of ornament plain color triangular flaglets, both
in red and in white, with the Alfa Romeo logo counterchanged in
in this Fiat
merchandising website (Fiat company owns the brands Fiat,
Alfa Romeo, Lancia and Abarth, plus a bunch of extinct ones).
However the official flag of Alfa Romeo seems to be white
with the logo as shown in said Fiat
merchandising website. Note that the image is not a photo of a real flag
(unlike other merchandising) but also a computer- generated picture. At www.the-flag-center.com,
there is another white flag with the Alfa Romeo logo, this time
with lettering, red, in the usual brand style and face. Either
version would be the “official” one, if there’s
such a thing.
On most flags the logo shows shadowless, as well as in standalone depictions
(i.e. www.alfaamore.hu),
but that depends solely on the technical constraints of the used
medium. The current “official” version seems to include
shadows and metallicity (i.e. www.presse-fiat.de
(this version used after 1972).
The logo of Alfa Romeo is a seal-like circular device based on a
heraldic impalement of the following arms: Milan city (Argent a cross Gules) and
Visconti family (Azure a serpent Argent coiled crowned of the
Same and swallowing an infant Proper). The latter arms are
modified to show the serpent in green and its background in light
blue, and the current depiction (1972 onwards) shows golden
fimbriation around all objects. The seal border is dark blue and
bears the lettering "Alfa Romeo" in wide-spaced solid
bold golden capitals, from 9:15 o’clock to 2:45.
The logo history of Alfa Romeo seems to be well researched; the lettering having
been white/silvery before 1972, with less fimbriation and "Milano" on the bottom
of the border (dropped as a factory opened in Naples), and separated by two
coils of rope, shaped as Savoy knots (for the King) before 1946 (See joint
image: at www.asaf.co.il and
also at thebiggestsecretpict.online.fr
and at it.wikipedia.org.
While "alfa romeo" matches the ICS letter nicknames for
"A" and "R", these signal flags were
never included in the brand’s emblems. (On the contrary, the
brand precedes the said flag/letter nicknames, as the name was
adopted in 1920, joining A.L.F.A., Anònima Lombarda Fàbbrica
Automòbili, with investor Nicola Romeo’s surname).
The serpent (biscione, see
wikipedia) is
sometimes used exclusively to symbolize Alfa Romeo, leaving aside
the rest (i.e. www.international-auto.com.
A shamrock is sometimes used to symbolize Alfa Romeo, but I could
find no further info on this, neither evidence of its use on
flags.
Alfa Romeo factory workers use red flags with golden yellow
lettering including the commissioned lettering (but not the
seal-logo), as shown in wikipedia.
For more details see also en.wikipedia
and it.wikipedia.
António Martins, 29 May 2008
image by António Martins, 16 August 2010
The Alitalia logo is one of the more common, as well as one of
the more striking airline logos. I recall seeing the Alitalia
flag several times; it simply consists of the logo on a green
background, although my impression is that the shade of green
varies considerably (this is probably not due to company policy
but to the availability of green cloth!).
Ron Lahav, 4 December 2005
Since the logo is a lettering of green letters with the distinctive red
stroke of the initial "A" usually on white background, when on green background
(as usual for logos) the letters become white themselves. (I'm supposing this is
meant as the full logo, not the shortened "A" logo, as used on the rudder.
At
http://www.wego.com/airlines/alitalia-az/economy/from/rome-rom the image
http://media.bezurk.net/images/flights/airlines/120x40t/AZ.gif (green
lettering on white) is alt captioned as Flag of Alitalia", but it
seems to be
a blanket labeling for all airline logo images in this site.
António Martins, 16 August 2010
image by António Martins, 16 August 2010
This old Alitalia
sticker shows a blue pennant bearing the carrier's name in white letters at www.locomobilia.com.
Jan Mertens, 19 January 2010
image by Miles Li, 13 December 2018
The former flag of Alitalia, in use 1947-1969.
Source: I.O. Evans, The
Observer’s Book of Flags, Frederick Warne, 1971, page 203 [eva71] and earlier
editions.
Miles Li, 13 December 2018
Image from Miles Li, 5 January 2021
LAI pennant as depicted on posters and luggage labels
Linee Aeree Italiane (Italian Airlines), or LAI, was founded in 1946 and merged with Alitalia in 1957.
Miles Li, 5 January 2021
Image from Miles Li, 5 January 2021
LAI flag as flown in Frankfurt Airport
Real Flag
image by António Martins, 2 February 2005
Flagoid
image by António Martins, 2 February 2005
Lancia, Italian car manufacturer
António Martins, 2 February 2005
image by Rob Raeside, 22
June 2015
While watching a BBC World TV report on the last voyage of the Costa
Concordia, there appeared in the far background during the comments of the
Italian PM, a flag as attached.
Ruppert Baird, 27 July 2014
This is the Micoperi flag, a private company "which has been active in the marine sector since 1946 when the company was incorporated as a salvage company to free the shipping routes from vessels sunk during the Second World War". (Source: Micoperi Corporation website)
The other flag seen in the video is that of Titan Salvage, which "was established in 1981 to work in the global salvage field without geographical limitation". (Source: Titan Salvage website)
Esteban Rivera, 3 August 2014
image by Randy
Young, 22 January 2016
"Rai Yoyo is an Italian specialty TV channel owned by the public broadcasting
group RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A., official websites:
http://www.rai.it/ and
http://www.rai.tv/). It was established on
November 1, 2006"
Source:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_YoYo
The flag is a horizontal flag
with the 2010 logo (https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_YoYo#/media/File:RAI_YoYo_2010_Logo.svg)
in the middle, as seen here (flag on the right):
http://www.nightlife-cityguide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/eventi-expo-2015-milano-parata-foody.jpg
(source: http://www.raiyoyo.rai.it/)
Esteban Rivera, 2 January 2016
image by Rob Raeside, 22
June 2015
While watching a BBC World TV report on the last voyage of the Costa
Concordia, there appeared in the far background during the comments of the
Italian PM, a flag as attached.
Ruppert Baird, 27 July 2014
This is the flag of Titan Salvage, which "was established in 1981 to work in the global salvage field without geographical limitation". (Source:
Titan Salvage website)
Esteban Rivera, 3 August 2014
images by Eugene Ipavec, 28 July 2010I spotted this Versace flag in
Milano, Italy, right outside their store on Via Montenapoleone on May 22, 2008
during a trip there. It is the Versace emblem on a white background. The emblem
can be seen on the official Versace website at
http://www.versace.com/flash.html.
"Gianni Versace S.p.A., usually referred to as Versace, is an Italian fashion
label founded by Gianni Versace in 1978. The first Versace boutique was opened
in Milan's Via della Spiga in 1978, (though the Versace family are from Reggio
Calabria) and its popularity was immediate. Today, Versace is one of the world's
leading international fashion houses. Versace designs, markets and distributes
luxury clothing, accessories, fragrances, makeup and home furnishings under the
various brands of the Versace Group."
Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versace
The logo is a Medusa.
Esteban Rivera, 10 October 2009
