Italy Star

The Italy Star
Type	Military campaign medal
Awarded for	Entry into operational area
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	the Monarch of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth, and Emperor of India
Eligibility	All Ranks
Campaign(s)	Italy 1943–1945
Established	May 1945
Ribbon bar
Order of wear
Next (higher)	Burma Star
Next (lower)	France and Germany Star
Related	France: Italian campaign medal 1943–44

The Italy Star is a military campaign medal, instituted by the United Kingdom in May 1945 for award to British Commonwealth forces who served in the Italian Campaign from 1943 to 1945, during the Second World War.^[1][2]