Founding of Blackshirts

The original organization of Mussolini's MVSN (Blackshirts) by Royal Decrees on 1 February 1923 and 4 August 1924 consisted of 15 zones, as follows:

• 1st Zona (Piemonte) Hq Torino
  • first Sabauda - Torino
  • second Alpina - Torino
  • third Subalpina - Cuneo
  • fourth Marengo - Allessandria
  • fifth Valle Scrivia - Tortona
  • eleventh Monferrato - Casale
  • twelfth Monte Bianco - Aosta
  • twenty eighth Randaccio - Vercelli
  • twenty ninth Alpina - Pallanza
  • thirtieth Oddone - Novara
  • thirty seventh P. Prestinari - Torino
  • thirty eighth N. Alfieri - Asti
• Second Zona (Lombardia) Hq Milano
• Third Zona (Liguria) Hq Genova
• Fourth Zona (Venezia Tridentina) Hq Verona
• Fifth Zona (Veneto) Hq Venezia
• Sixth Zona (Venezia Giulia) Hq Trieste
• Seventh Zona (Emilia Romagna) Hq Bologna
• Eight Zona (Toscana) Hq Firenze
• Ninth Zona (Umbria Marche) Hq Perugia
• Tenth Zona (Lazio) Hq Roma
• Eleventh Zona (Abruzzo Molise) Hq Pescara
• twelfth Zona (Campania) Hq Napoli
• thirtieth Zona (Puglie) Hq Bari
• fourteenth Zona (Sicilia) Hq Palermo
• fifteenth Zona (Sardegna) Hq Cagliari