Orders, decorations, and medals of Italy
prizes from the Italian Government
The Italian honours system is a means to reward achievements or service to the Italian Republic, formerly the Kingdom of Italy, including the Italian Social Republic.
Orders of chivalry
Italian Republic
There are five orders of knighthood awarded in recognition of service to the Italian Republic. Below these sit a number of other decorations, associated and otherwise, that do not confer knighthoods. The degrees of knighthood, not all of which apply to all orders, are Knight (Cavaliere abbreviated Cav.), Officer (Ufficiale abbreviated Uff.), Commander (Commendatore abbr. Comm.), Grand Officer (Grand'Ufficiale, abbr. Gr. Uff.), Knight Grand Cross (Cavaliere di Gran Croce, abbr. Cav. Gr. Croce) and Knight Grand Cross with cordon (Cavaliere di Gran Croce con cordone).
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