Maaria Wirkkala Awarded Order of the Star of Italy

Maaria Wirkkala (CRF 2013) was presented with the Order of the Star of Italy, or the Cavaliere Dell’Ordine Della Stella D’Italia, at an evenening celebrating the opening of the Ippolito Caffi exhibition at the Sinebrychoff Museum in Helsinki. The award, originally created in the post-war period, honors Italians in diaspora and foreign nationals who contributed to the strengthening of ties between Italy and countries abroad.

Pictured: Ambasciatore Gabriele Altana conferring the award to Maaria Wirkkala, January 30, 2018