Colonial_Order_of_the_Star_of_Italy

Colonial Order of the Star of Italy

Colonial Order of the Star of Italy

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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 [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]

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

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Wearing style of the insignia of the various classes of the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy.

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References

  1. [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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