Orders, Decorations and Medals of Italy

Links and Other References

Acknowledgements

Gaetano Corbo, who sent details of an interesting link.

Grateful thanks to Dix Noonan Web and Morton & Eden, who have allowed the use of images from their catalogues.

Links

Official website of the Presidency of the Italian Republic - Le Onorificenze

David Devine - Rusty Knight's Place: Italy

Lucasz Gaszewski - Ribbons of Decorations and Medals of the Italian Republic

C. Giorgi - Segni d'onore e di merito

Jean-Paul LeBlanc - Medals of Italy (Archived July 2014)

Hendrik Meersschaert - Hendrik's Medal Corner: Italy

Ilja Repetski - World Awards: Italy

Eric Semon - Décorations Italiennes

Francesco Saverio Sesti - I distintivi di grado ministeriali - Italian badges of office (Archived August 2015)

Francesco Saverio Sesti - Fregi per basco - Italian military insignia (Archived September 2015)

Mario Volpe - Tavole ordini ITALIA

Mario Volpe - Tavole ordini ITALIA (NUOVE Regno e Repubblica)

Mario Volpe - Tavole ordini ITALIA PREUNITARIA (nuove)

Mario Volpe - Tavole decorazioni ITALIA NUOVE (Regno, Rep., Preun.)

Mario Volpe - Tavole Decorazioni CROCE ROSSA ITALIANA

Italian Regalia (Medals, Insignia and Uniforms) 1922-1945

Wikipedia - List of Italian Orders of Knighthood

MedalBook - Italy

Text References

Ball, R.W.D., and Peters, P. (1994) Military Medals, Decorations & Orders of the United States & Europe: A photographic study to the beginning of WW2. Atglen, PA, Schiffer Publishing Ltd.

Barac, B. (2013) Reference Catalogue Orders, Medals and Decorations of the World: Part III Silver Book (G-P). OBOL, Zagreb

Emering, E.J. (2004) Medals of the 21st Century Afghanistan War: Including Operation "Enduring Freedom" and the International Security Assistance Force Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 55(5):2-16.

Emering, E.J. (2011) Italian Red Cross Medal for Iraq Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 62(2):39.

Emering, E.J. (2023) Camp 337 Coltano Commemorative Medal. The Phalerist: Journal of the International Phaleristic Association 1(2): 6-8.

Hieronymussen, P. (1967) Orders, Medals and Decorations of Britain and Europe Blandford, London.

Ingram, K.R. (1993) Honors, Medals and Awards of the Korean War 1950-1953 Prospect Press, New York

Nier, T.J. (2014) 'The Italian War Merit Cross (Merito di Guerra)' Journal of the Orders and Medals Society of America 65(1):4-12.

Page last updated: 28 March 2026