Colonial Order of the Star of Italy

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 conquered the colonies of Italian North Africa.[1]

Colonial Order of the Star of Italy
The insignia of the colonial order
TypeState Order
Awarded forService in the Italian colonies
Presented bythe  Kingdom of Italy
StatusNo longer awarded
Established18 January 1914
Last awarded2 June 1946
Not to be confused with Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity.

The various degrees of the order, with limits to their number, were as follows:

RibbonClass (English)Full title in ItalianLimit
1st Class / Knight Grand CrossCavaliere di Gran Croce dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia4
2nd Class / Grand OfficerGrande Ufficiale dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia7
3rd Class / CommanderCommendatore dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia20
4th Class / OfficerUfficiale dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia50
5th Class / KnightCavaliere dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia150
Wearing style of the insignia of the various classes of the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy.

See also

References
  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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