During this period the Party was also known to support Italian irredentism, with even the party consciously modelling itself to the ‘Partito Nazionale Fascista’ of Benito Mussolini. This would lead to the party openly siding with General Franco’s fascist army in the Spanish Civil War. This is still seen by the historical iconography that stayed on the party, including the proto-Fascist imagery of the party logo is a shield set against a black background (black being the heraldic colour chosen by Mussolini, as evidenced by his ‘Blackshirts)’, the PN's official anthem, which is still sung during mass meetings, being a rehash of the official anthem of Mussolini's Fascist party, ‘La Giovinezza’, and also the name of the party itself, which in itself includes the term ‘nazionale’ for the first time, which was inspired by Italian nationalism.