Date
Instituted: 1945.
Campaign: Italy 1943-45.
Description: Six pointed star with a circular centre bearing the GRI
VI royal cypher surrounding which is the inscription 'THE ITALY
STAR'. The reverse is plain and the ribbon passes through a ring
attached to the uppermost point of the star.
Metal: Bronze.
Size: 44mm high and 38mm wide.
Clasps: None authorised for this star.
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Naming: Issued
un-named.
Comments: Awarded for service on land in Italy, Sicily, Greece, Yugoslavia,
the Agean, Dodecanese islands, Corsica, Sardinia or Elba between
11th June 1943 and 8th May 1945. |