ITALIAN COMMEMORATIVE PEACEKEEPING CROSSES REFERENCE CHART

Italy has a long history of peacekeeping activities throughout the world. Italian forces have participated in numerous UN missions as well as other sub-regional peacekeeping efforts in Somalia, the Balkans, Afghanistan and Iraq. In conjunction with these missions, Italy has issued a sometimes confusing series of crosses (and one medal) as well as several distinct ribbon combinations. In some cases the medals are issued with bronze (silver in the case of Afghanistan) bars to denote the specific mission. For earlier missions, the planchet was engraved with the name of the mission. The following chart is as complete as possible based on the information available to me as of September 1, 2006, but I am always open to additions/corrections as new information or bars may become available.

Type	Year	Ribbon	Name	Finish	Tips	Obverse	Reverse	Bars
1	1982		Commemorative Cross for Peace Operations Original Ribbon (top) and Actual Ribbon (Bottom)	Dull Silver	Short	PER LA PACE	LIBANO SINAI UNIFIL	-
2	1984		Commemorative Cross for UN Operations	Dull Silver	Short	PER LA PACE	Blank	-
3	1985		Commemorative Cross for the Peace & Security Operation to the Red Sea	Dull Silver	Short	PER LA PACE	MAR ROSSO	-
4	1986		United Commemorative Cross for Foreign Peace Missions Replaces Types 1 thru 3	Dull Silver	Long & Short	PER LA PACE	Blank	AIRONE CIPRO CONGO COREA HEBRON ISRAELE JUGOSLAVIA LAOS LIBANO MOZAMBICO MAR ROSSO PAKISTAN PALESTINA SINAI SOMALIA UNIFIL YEMEN
5	1988		Commemorative Medal for Navy Personnel in the Persian Gulf	Dull Silver	n/a	Fouled Anchor on Map with Chain Edge	PER LA PACE E PER LA LIBERTA DI NAVIGAZONE	-
6	1991		Commemorative Cross for the Persian Gulf War 1990-1991	Dull Silver	Short	Star	GOLFO PERSICO	Crossed Sword for Actual Combat 1/17/91 to 4/12/91
7	1993		Commemorative Cross for Operations in Somalia	Dull Silver	Short & Long	SOMALIA	Star	-
8	1993		Commemorative Cross for Operation PELICANO in Albania Guarda di FinanzaRibbon	Dull Silver	Short & Long	Star	PRO HUMANITATE (Straight & 2 Curved Versions) ALBANIA	ALBANIA 1
9	1994		Commemorative Cross for the Sicilian VESPRI Operation (Replaced by Type 13 below)	Dull Silver	Short	Star	VESPRI SICILIANO	-
10	1994		Commemorative Service Medal for Scientific Research in Antarctica	Dull Silver	n/a	ANTARTIDE with Large Central Star	PRO SCIENTIAE and PERVESTI-GATIONE	-
11	-		Commemorative Cross for Foreign Peace Operations(Modifies Type 4 Above)	Dull Silver	Short & Long	PER LA PACE	Star	BOSNIA ETIOPIA ED ERITREA KOSOVO MEDIO ORIENTE MINUGUA NON-ARTICLE 5 TIMOR-EST
12	1996		Commemorative Cross for Foreign Humanitarian Aid Operations	Dull Silver	Short & Long	PRO HUMANITATE(Straight & Curved Versions)	-	ALBANIA 2 & 3 IRAQ IRAQ 2003 MACEDONIA
13	2003		Commemorative Cross for the Restoration of Public Order (Replaces Type 9 Above)	Light & Dark Bronze	Short & Long	PER LA PUBLICA SICUREZZA	Star	FORZA PARIS VESPRI SICILIANI RIACE DOMINO PARTENTOPE
14	2003		Commemorative Cross for Operations in Afghanistan Guarda di Finanza Ribbon	Bright Silver	Short & Long	PER LA SICUREZZA (Straight and 2 Curved Versions)	Star	(In Silver)AFGHANISTAN ISAF ENDURING FREEDOM (In Bronze)AFGHANISTAN
15	2005		Commemorative Cross of Honor for Victims of Terrorism	Gold	Long	Military Version – Star Civilian Version– RI	PRO HUMANI-TATE	-
16	2007		Red Cross Foreign Humanitarian Operations	Dull Silver	Long	Red Enamel Cross	INTER ARMA CARITAS	-