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Portrait of General Sebastiano Visconti Prasca

Visconti Prasca, Sebastiano

General

* 27th of February 1883

† 25th of February 1961

Nickname: Conte Visconti Prasca (1938-03-31)

Promotions

1917-11-01 Lieutenant-Colonel
1926-12-26 Colonel (Seniority from 1926-06-03)
1934-10-18 Brigadier-General (Exceptional merits)
1937-09-09 Major-General (Seniority from 1937-07-01)
1939-10-15 Lieutenant-General (Seniority from 1939-07-01)
1940-07-01 General (Designated)

Service

1919-10-20 1921-04-21 Attached to the Army General Staff
1921-04-21 1922-10-26 Attached to the Ministry of War
1922-10-26 1924-03-03 Attached to the Army Council
1924-03-03 1930-04-20 Military Attaché to Belgrade
1930-04-20 1930-10-01 At disposal of the Ministry of War
1930-10-01 1933-01-16 Commanding Officer 36th Infantry Regiment "Pistoia"
1933-01-16 1933-10-10 Attached to the Army of Bologna
1933-10-10 Attached to the Office of the Chief of the Army General Staff
1934-12-14 1935-03-05 Commanding Officer of the Italian Contigent Saar Force
1935-07-11 Honorary Aide-de-Camp General to the King
1935-10-18 Attached to the Ministry of War
1937-07-20 Deputy General Officer Commanding 5th Infantry Division "Cosseria"
1937-07-20 1939-12-15 Military Attaché to France
1939-12-15 1940-03-01 Attached to the Ministry of War
1940-03-01 1940-06-05 At disposal of the Chief of the Army General Staff
1940-06-05 1940-11-09 General Officer Commanding XXVI Corps [Albania]
1940-07-01 1940-11-09 Commander in Chief Albania
1940-11-09 1940-11-16 Acting General Officer Commanding 11th Army [Albania]
1940-11-16 At disposal of the Ministry of War
1943-10-24 1945-05-XX Prisoner of War [Germany]
Picture source: From "La Regia Aeronautica nella Seconda Guerra Mondiale 1939-1941" by Francesco Pricolo. 1971