France, Republic. An Order Of The Black Star, Grand Cross Set, By Bertrand consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Order was founded

Footnote: The Order was founded by Leopold II

an East German NVA shoulder board

with original unattached rosette

A wartime postcard depicting then-Hauptsturmführer (later Standartenführer) Fritz Klingenberg

disembarking on the 26th

France, Republic. An Order Of The Black Star, Grand Cross Set, By Bertrand consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac Footnote: The Order was founded(Ordre de l'toile Noire). Instituted on 1 December 1889 at Porto Novo by Toffa, future king of Dahomey (today the Republic of Benin). In silver gilt, a Maltese cross featuring white enamels with blue borders, clusters of three gilt rays in each quadrant, obverse centre presenting a black enamelled star, a mirrored reverse with a large green enamelled laurel suspension, marked on suspension with boars head denoting French manufacture and small silver