King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy established the Commemorative Medal of the Libyan Campaigns with a royal decree of 6 September 1913 to commemorate participation in military campaigns in Libya subsequent to the Kingdom of Italy′s acquisition of that colony upon the defeat of the Ottoman Empire in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912.

[1] After deeming the medal obsolete, the Italian Republic abolished it on 10 February 2011.

The medal consisted of a silver disc 32 millimetres (1¼ inches) in diameter bearing on the obverse the face of King Victor Emmanuel III facing right, encircled by the inscription "VITTORIO • EMANUELE • III • RE • D' • ITALIA" (English: VICTOR • EMMANUEL • III • KING • OF • ITALY), with the signature of the engraver, Luigi Giorgi, under the king's neck.

On the reverse was the inscription "LIBIA" (English: LIBYA) surrounded by two laurel branches in the form of a crown.

Bronze clasps were authorized for the ribbon to represent the years of the campaigns in which the recipient of the medal served.