The Italy Star was granted for operational service on land in Sicily or Italy at any time during the campaign from the capture of Pantellaria on 11 June 1943 until 8 May 1945, the date of the end of active hostilities in Europe.
Operational service in Sicily up to 17 August 1943; in Sardinia up to 19 September 1943; in Corsica up to 4 October 1943; and in the Aegean, Dodecanese, Greece and Yugoslavia up to 8 May 1945.
The six–pointed star is yellow copper zinc alloy. The obverse has a central design of the Royal and Imperial cypher, surmounted by a crown. The cypher is surrounded by a circlet containing the words ‘The Italy Star’.
Stars issued to Australian personnel have recipient names engraved on the plain reverse.
The ribbon has stripes of green, white stripes and red, these being the national colours of Italy.
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