Italy's football shirt for their second World Cup appearance after failing to qualify for the inaugural World Cup (1930,... in Uruguay). Italy won consecutive World Cups during the 1930s (1934 & 1938). Regarding the logo: Italy was a fascist country for 20 years under the reign of Benito Mussolini (1922-1942) and so the symbol of the Savoy family (a white cross on a red background) adopted the crown and the fasces.