FRANCE: Order of the Black Star of Dahomey
(Benin), Knight's Cross.
Late example of the WW2 - Colonial Wars era.
The Order was instituted in 1889 and was
later succeeded by the Order of National
Merit (in 1969), as the former French Colony
of Dahomey became a fully independent
country in 1960 - and changed its name later
on to Benin.
It was awarded in recognition of faithful
services to the French Colonial Forces, not
only in Dahomey but in all the French Africa
Colonies (Senegal, Sudan, Niger, Guinea,
Dahomey and the Ivory Coast, Congo, Gabon,
Tchad and Oubangi-Chari)
FULL SIZE
WW2 1939 - 1945
Item 100% original - ribbon original
Condition as on the photos
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