 The predilection of the word "Mutilato" as opposed to "invalidi" (invalid) or "feriti" (wounded) or "offeso" (injured) is not lacking of connotation.It is true that amputation or unrepairable injuries were more common during the first world war than our present conflicts, and thus the residual observations of the wounded included "mutilated" individuals, however, there was a fascist attachment to Gabrielle D'Annunzio historical assessment of the results of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference for Italy as a "Vittoria Mutilata" (Mutilated victory), and that this idea fueled the rise of nationalism.Thus the term "mutilato" would have had more positive resonance to the followers of fascism.