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{{Short description|Civil decoration of the Italian Republic}}
{{Infobox order
|name=Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity
|image=Med-placca.jpg
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|caption=Insignia of a Grand Officer of the Star of Italian Solidarity
|type= National Order
| grades = Grand Officer<br />Commander<br />Member
|eligibility=Expatriates and foreign nationals
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|status=Extant
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|established=27 January 1947
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|higher=[[Order of Merit for Labour]]
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|lower=[[Order of Vittorio Veneto]]
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{{hatnote|Contains information from the corresponding article in the [[Italian Wikipedia]]}}
{{distinguish|Colonial Order of the Star of Italy}}
The '''Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity''' ({{langx|it|Stella della solidarietà italiana}} {{IPA|it|ˈstella della solidarjeˈta itaˈljaːna|}}) was founded as a national order by the first [[President of the Italian Republic]], [[Enrico De Nicola]], in 1947, to recognise civilian and military expatriates or foreigners who made an outstanding contribution to the reconstruction of [[Italy]] after [[World War II]].<ref>Instituted by Decree Law of the Provisional Head of State No. 703 of 27 January 1947, amended by Decree Law No. 812 of 9 March 1948.</ref>
In 2011, the order was reformed as the [[Order of the Star of Italy]] by the 11th President, [[Giorgio Napolitano]].<ref>LEGGE 3 febbraio 2011, n. 13 ''Modifiche ed integrazioni al decreto legislativo 9 marzo 1948, n. 812, recante nuove norme relative all'Ordine della Stella della solidarieta' italiana'' ([[Gazzetta Ufficiale]] 1 marzo 2011, n. 49).</ref> The emphasis of the reformed award was shifted from post-war reconstruction to the preservation and promotion of national prestige abroad, promoting friendly relations and co-operation with other countries and ties with Italy.
==Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity (1947–2011)==
The insignia, modified in 2001, bore the inscription ''Solidarietà Italiana'' encircling a depiction of the [[Good Samaritan]].<ref>By Decree of the President of the Republic No. 385 of 21 September 2001</ref> The order was bestowed by decree of the President of the Republic, head of the order, on the recommendation of the [[Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs|Minister of Foreign Affairs]].
The three degrees with corresponding ribbons were as follows:
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
!Ribbon<br> (1947&ndash;2001) !!Ribbon<br> (2001&ndash;2011) !!Class (English) !! Full title in Italian !! Awards <small>(as of December 2006)</small>
|-
|[[File:OSSIbis1.png|80px]] ||[[Image:Grande ufficiale OSSI medal BAR.svg|80px]] ||1st Class / Grand Officer ||''Grande Ufficiale dell'Ordine della Stella della solidarietà italiana'' ||643
|-
|[[File:OSSIbis2.png|80px]] ||[[Image:Commendatore OSSI medal BAR.svg|80px]] ||2nd Class / Commander ||''Commendatore dell'Ordine della Stella della solidarietà italiana'' ||3,415
|-
|[[File:OSSIbis3.png|80px]] ||[[Image:Cavaliere OSSI medal BAR.svg|80px]] ||3rd Class / Member ||''Membro dell'Ordine della Stella della solidarietà italiana'' ||6,507
|-
|}
The Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity was worn as follows:
{|align=center class=wikitable width=60%
|colspan="3" align="center"|[[Image:Divisa-Stelladellasolitdarietà.png|400px|center]]
|-
!colspan=3|Ribbon
|-
|width=20% valign=top align=center|[[File:OSSIbis3.png|100px|center]]<small>Member</small>
|width=20% valign=top align=center|[[File:OSSIbis2.png|100px|center]]<small>Commander</small>
|width=20% valign=top align=center|[[File:OSSIbis1.png|100px|center]]<small>Grand Officer</small>
|-
|-
|width=20% valign=top align=center|[[File:Cavaliere OSSI medal BAR.svg|100px|center]]<small>Member</small>
|width=20% valign=top align=center|[[File:Commendatore OSSI medal BAR.svg|100px|center]]<small>Commander</small>
|width=20% valign=top align=center|[[File:Grande ufficiale OSSI medal BAR.svg|100px|center]]<small>Grand Officer</small>
|}
== Recipients ==
[[File:Mario Biaggi.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Mario Biaggi]]]]
[[File:Charlene, Princess of Monaco-6.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Charlene, Princess of Monaco]]]]
[[File:Grace Kelly MGM photo.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Grace Kelly]]]]
[[File:Solomon Isaac Passy 2.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Solomon Passy]]]]
[[File:Frank Sinatra (1957 studio portrait close-up).jpg|thumb|180px|[[Frank Sinatra]]]]
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* [https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/22049 Guido D´Alessandro Lombardi]
* [[Carlo Ancelotti]]
* [[ Francesco Calabro]]
* [[Ebba Atterbom]]
* [[Teodor Baconschi]]
* [[Mario Biaggi]]
* [[Boyko Borisov]]
* [[Eliana Bórmida]]
* [[Everett Francis Briggs]]
* [[Paata Burchuladze]]
* [[John Burland]]
* [[Charlene, Princess of Monaco]]
* [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]]
* [[Domenick Cocco]]
* [[Francesco Cossiga]]
* [[Ritu Dalmia]]
* [[Dan Daniel (politician)|Dan Daniel]]
* [[Jatin Das (painter)|Jatin Das]]
* [[James del Piano]]
* [[John Dickie (historian)|John Dickie]]
* [[Serge Dumont]]
* [[Moira Lenore Dynon]] - June 5, 1967<ref>{{cite web|last=Humphris|first=M.|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/dynon-moira-lenore-10084|title=Dynon, Moira Lenore (1920–1976)|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography volume 14|date=1996}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cavaliere dell'Ordine Stella della solidarietà italiana|website=Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/19645|access-date=8 February 2022}}</ref>
* [[Irena Eris]]
* [[Bernard Evans (architect)|Bernard Evans]]
* [[Linda Fabiani]]
* [[Genevieve Fiore]]
* [[Foster Furcolo]]
* [[Gaetano Gagliano]]
* [[Wolfgang Haas]]
* [[Grace Kelly]]
* [[S. S. Kumar]]
* [[Anthony Lacavera]]
* [[Gabriel Liiceanu]]
* [[Lawrence Lotito]]
* [[Fabio Luisi]]
* [[Yuri Lyubimov]]
* [[Mauricio Macri]]
* [[Henry Mavrodin]]
* [[Íñigo Méndez de Vigo]]
* [[Amina Mohamed]]
* [[Manuel Monteiro de Castro]]
* [[Khaldoon Al Mubarak]]
* [[Hidetoshi Nakata]]
* [[Mariana Nicolesco]]
* [[Andrei Oișteanu]]
* [[George Paciullo]]
* [[Costanza Pascolato]]
* [[Solomon Passy]]
* [[Michel Pastor]]
* [[Drew Pearson (journalist)|Drew Pearson]]
* [[Andrei Pleșu]]
* [[Victor Ponta]]
* [[Robert D. Putnam]]
* [[Silvio Scionti]]
* [[Giovanni Scognamillo]]
* [[Shim Hwa-jin]]
* [[Fatih Terim]]
* [[Andriy Shevchenko]]
* [[Frank Sinatra]]
* [[James S. Snyder]]
* [[Elisabeth Söderström]]
* [[George Sperti]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Italian Nation is to Honor Dr. Sperti with "star" and Testimonial July 16 |url=//www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/july-5-1956-page-15-32/docview/1883827618/se-2 |website=ProQuest |publisher=Cincinnati Enquirer |date=July 5, 1956}}</ref>
* [[Jean Tennyson]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/03/19/obituaries/jean-tennyson-dies-singer-and-patron-86.html|title=Jean Tennyson Dies; Singer and Patron, 86|date=March 19, 1991|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=D23}}</ref>
* [[Alfa Tofft]]
* [[Zeynep Karahan Uslu]]
* [[Radu Varia]]
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==See also==
*[[List of Italian orders of knighthood]]
*[[Order of the Crown of Italy]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [https://www.quirinale.it/page/stellaitalia Presidenza della Repubblica - Le Onorificenze- Ordine della Stella d'Italia] {{in lang|it}}
{{Italian orders of knighthood}}
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