On 3rd November 1996, in occasion of the Armed Forces festivity, the President of the Republic Oscar Luigi Scalfaro gave the War Flag of the Army to the Chief of General Staff of the Army, granted by Decree of 6th March 1996.
The solemn ceremony took place in Piazza Venezia in Rome, in front of Altare della Patria, at the presence of the Army and Corps Flag as well as the Navy Flag and the Air Force Flag.
At the ceremony Madame Adriana Cordero Lanza di Montezemolo was present.
The Flag has got the following awards:
Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Italy
Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Italy
Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Italy
Knight's Cross of the Military Order of Italy
Gold Medal to Military Valour
Gold Medal to Civil Valour
Gold Medal to Civil Valour
Silver Medal to Civil Valour
Gold Medal to the Civil Merit
Gold Medal to the Civil Merit
Silver Medal to the Civil Merit
Gold Medal to the Merit of the Italian Red Cross
Gold Medal to the Merit of the Public Health