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Colonial Order of the Star of Italy
The insignia of the colonial order
TypeState Order
Awarded forService in the Italian colonies
Presented byColonial Order of the Star of Italy Kingdom of Italy
StatusNo longer awarded
Established18 January 1914
Last awarded2 June 1946

The Colonial Order of the Star of Italy (Italian: Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia [ˈordine koloˈnjaːle della ˈstεlla diˈtaːlja]) 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
Wearing style of the insignia of the various classes of the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy.
  1. ^ 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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