Colonial Order of the Star of Italy

Colonial Order of the Star of Italy
The insignia of the colonial order
Awarded by the  Kingdom of Italy
Type	State Order
Awarded for	Service in the Italian colonies
Status	No longer awarded
Statistics
Established	18 January 1914
Last awarded	2 June 1946

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]

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

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

References

Orders, decorations, and medals of Italy
Republic (1946–present)	Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1951) Military Order of Italy (1947) Order of Merit for Labour (1923) Order of the Star of Italy (1947/2011) Order of Vittorio Veneto (1968–2010)
Monarchy (1861–1946)	Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (1362) 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) Order of Merit for Labour (1901–1923) Colonial Order of the Star of Italy (1914–1943) Order of the Roman Eagle (1942–1944)
See also: Template:Orders of Italian States before unification