Colonial Order of the Star of Italy

Not to be confused with Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity.

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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
Final award| 2 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

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| 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.

## See also

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* List of Italian orders of knighthood
* Order of the Roman Eagle

## References

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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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