Not to be confused with Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity.
Award
Colonial Order of the Star of Italy
The insignia of the colonial order
Type
State Order
Awarded for
Service in the Italian colonies
Presented by
Kingdom of Italy
Status
No longer awarded
Established
18 January 1914
Last awarded
2 June 1946
The Colonial Order of the Star of Italy (Italian: Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia[ˈordinekoloˈnjaːledellaˈstεlladiˈtaːlja]) was founded as a colonial order of chivalry on 18 June 1914 by Italian King Victor Emmanuel III, to reward soldiers deployed to the colony of Libya. The order had fallen into abeyance by 1943, when Allied forces conquered the colonies of Italian North Africa.[1]
The various degrees of the order, with limits to their number, were as follows:
Ribbon
Class (English)
Full title in Italian
Limit
1st Class / Knight Grand Cross
Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia
4
2nd Class / Grand Officer
Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia
7
3rd Class / Commander
Commendatore dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia
20
4th Class / Officer
Ufficiale dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia
50
5th Class / Knight
Cavaliere dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia
150
^Mendola, Louis A.M. Contemporary Knighthood in Italy Archived 2010-10-31 at the Wayback Machine originally published in the Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, London: 1989 and 1993
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