- Colonial Order of the Star of Italy
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Colonial Order of the Star of Italy 
The insignia of the colonial orderAwarded by the 
Kingdom of ItalyType State Order Awarded for Service in the Italian colonies Status No longer awarded Statistics Established 18 January 1914 Last awarded 2 June 1946 Not to be confused with Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity.The Colonial Order of the Star of Italy (Italian: Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia) was founded as a colonial order of knighthood on 18 June 1914 by King Victor Emmanuel III, to reward soldiers deployed to the colony of Libya. The order had fallen into abeyance by 1943, when Allied forces re-took 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 See also
References
- ^ Mendola, Louis A.M. Contemporary Knighthood in Italy originally published in the Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, London: 1989 and 1993
Italian orders of knighthood Monarchy Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (1362) · Military and Religious Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus (1572) · Order of the Crown of Italy (1868–1983) · Military Order of Savoy (1815–1946) · Civil Order of Savoy (1831) · Chivalrous Order of Agricultural, Industrial and Commercial Merit (1901–1923) · Colonial Order of the Star of Italy (1914–1943) · Civil and Military Order of the Roman Eagle (1942–1944) · Order of Merit of Savoy (1988)Republic Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1951) · Military Order of Italy (1947) · Order of Merit for Labour (1923) · Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (1947–2011) · Order of the Star of Italy (2011) · Order of Vittorio Veneto (1968–2010)Categories:- Italian Libya
- Colonial orders
- Awards established in 1914
- 1943 disestablishments
- Military awards and decorations of Italy
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