![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Lombard_Legion.svg/640px-Flag_of_the_Lombard_Legion.svg.png&w=640&q=50)
Lombard Legion
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Lombard Legion (Legione Lombarda) was a military unit of the Cisalpine Republic which existed from 1796 until the Republic's fall in 1799; but despite the downfall of this sister republic, the Cisalpine troops continued to serve France.[1] The Lombard Legion was the first Italian military department to equip itself, as a banner, with an Italian tricolor flag.
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Flag_of_the_Lombard_Legion.svg/640px-Flag_of_the_Lombard_Legion.svg.png)