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The Colonial Order of the Star of Italy ( it, Ordine coloniale della Stella d'Italia ) was founded as a
''Contemporary Knighthood in Italy''
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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on 18 June 1914 by Italian
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King Victor Emmanuel III
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, to reward soldiers deployed to the colony of Libya
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. The order had fallen into abeyance by 1943, when Allied forces conquered the colonies of Italian North Africa.Mendola, Louis A.M''Contemporary Knighthood in Italy''
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:
See also
*List of Italian orders of knighthood
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{{Authority control 1914 establishments in Italy Star of Italy, Colonial Order of the Star of Italy, Colonial Order of the Awards disestablished in 1943 Star of Italy, Colonial Order of the Italian Libya Military awards and decorations of Italy