Colonial Order of the Star of Italy

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| name = Colonial Order of the Star of Italy

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| caption = The insignia of the colonial order

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| type = State Order

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| awarded_for = Service in the Italian colonies

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| status = No longer awarded

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| established = 18 January 1914

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| lastawarded = 2 June 1946

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The Colonial Order of the Star of Italy ({{langx|it|Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia}} {{IPA|lt|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.Mendola, Louis A.M. [http://www.maineworldnewsservice.com/caltrap/contempo.htm Contemporary Knighthood in Italy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031085822/http://www.maineworldnewsservice.com/caltrap/contempo.htm|date=2010-10-31}} originally published in the Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society, London: 1989 and 1993

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

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Ribbon	Class (English)	Full title in Italian	Limit
80px	1st Class / Knight Grand Cross	Cavaliere di Gran Croce dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia	4
80px	2nd Class / Grand Officer	Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia	7
80px	3rd Class / Commander	Commendatore dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia	20
80px	4th Class / Officer	Ufficiale dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia	50
80px	5th Class / Knight	Cavaliere dell'Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia	150

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