First Marshal of the Empire

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First Marshal of the Empire was a military rank established by the Italian Parliament on March 30, 1938. The highest rank in the Italian Military, it was only granted to Benito Mussolini and King Victor Emmanuel III. The rank was abolished following World War II.

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The decision of Mussolini to create for himself and also tha king a new military rank create a crisis beetweem him and tha king Victor Emmanuel III becuse for the first time in the history of dinasty of Savoy tha prime minister reach the same rank of the head of royal house giving to the prime minister a mortage to the high command of the armed forces that was a power of the king.