Colonial Order of the Star of Italy | |
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The insignia of the colonial order
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Awarded by the Kingdom of Italy | |
Type | State Order |
Awarded for | Service in the Italian colonies |
Status | No longer awarded |
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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.
The various degrees of the order, with limits to their number, were as follows: