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Sebastiano Visconti Prasca: Generale Designato d’Armata

by Valdis Kursietis

The following information provides a snapshot of the career of Generale Designato d’armata Sebastiano Visconti Prasca.

Generale Designato d’armata Sebastiano Visconti Prasca.

Generale Designato d’armata Sebastiano Visconti Prasca.

Born: 27 February 1883 in Rome.
Died: 25 February 1961 in Monte Porzio Catone.

Promotions

Sottotenente: 5 September 1904
Tenente: 5 September 1907
Capitano: 31 December 1914
Maggiore:
Tenente colonnello: 1 November 1917
Colonnello: 9 June 1927
Generale di brigata: 18 October 1934
Generale di divisione: 9 September 1937
Generale di corpo d’armata: 15 October 1940
Generale designato d‘armata: 9 November 1940

Assignments

18 October 1934 – 16 September 1935: Assigned to Ministry of War for Special Duties
December 1934 – January 1935: Commanding Officer of the Italian Contigent Saar Force
11 July 1935 – 16 September 1935: Honorary aide-de-camp to King Victor Emmanuel III
16 September 1935 – 20 July 1937: Deputy General Officer Commanding Infantry Division Cosseria and
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20 July 1937 – 15 December 1939: Military Attaché to Paris
15 December 1939 – 1 March 1940: Assigned to Ministry of War for Special Duties
1 March 1940 – 5 June 1940: at disposition of the Chief of the General Staff of the Army
5 June 1940 – 15 October 1940: General Officer Commanding, XXVI Army Corps
15 October 1940 – 9 November 1940: Commander in Chief, Albania
9 November 1940 – 16 November 1940: Commander-in-Chief, 11th Army
16 November 1940 – 10 December 1940: at disposition of Ministry of War
10 December 1940: Transferred to the reserve

Awards & Decorations

Grande ufficiale dell’Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro: 15 April 1940
Grande ufficiale dell’Ordine della Corona d’Italia: 2 May 1935
Commendatore dell’Ordine dei SS. Maurizio e Lazzaro: 16 May 1940
Commendatore dell’Ordine della Corona d’Italia: 13 January 1924
Ufficiale dell’Ordine dei SS. Maurizio e Lazzaro: 21 October 1930
Ufficiale dell’Ordine della Corona d’Italia
Cavaliere dell’Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro
Cavaliere dell’Ordine della Corona d’Italia
Croce al Merito di Guerra
Medaglia commemorativa della spedizione in Albania
Medaglia commemorativa della guerra italo-austriaca 1915 – 18 (4 anni di campagna)
Medaglia commemorativa dell’Unità d’Italia
Medaglia commemorativa italiana della vittoria

Additional Notes

Sebastiano Visconti Prasca graduated from the Military School of Infantry and Cavalry of Modena on 5 September 1904. He obtained the title of Conte by Royal Decree on 31 March 1938. After the armistice of 8 September 1943, he joined the Resistance movement against the Germans, but on 24 October he was arrested and subsequently sentenced to death. The sentence was commuted to imprisonment in Germany, where he became interned in the Schokken Offizierslager. In April 1945, he was freed along with many other senior officers from the Red Army. Visconti Prasca returned to Italy in October 1945. He was Grand Master of the Capitolare Militare Order of the Knights of Concord. From 1951 until his death Visconti Prasca was Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of St. George in Carinthia. He married Angelica Zoppi, sister of Generale designato d’armata and Senator Ottavio Zoppi.

Sources:
Bollettino ufficiale delle nomine, promozioni e destinazioni negli ufficiali e sottufficiali del R. esercito italiano
e nel personale dell’amministrazione militare
Annuario militare del Regno d’Italia
Augusto
La Stampa
Wikipedia
Storia della guerra di Grecia; Mario Cervi; 1986

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