France, Colonial. An Order Of The Black Star, Commander Buy Now then was posted to Bustard

then was posted to Bustard Camp on the 20th

bearing one folded corner

that autumn

of plain design

a large safety pin attached at the top of the sleeve

France, Colonial. An Order Of The Black Star, Commander Buy Now then was posted to Bustard(Ordre de l'toile Noire) Commanders neck badge, Maltese Cross in silver gilt and enamels, 56. 8 mm wide by 94 mm including crown suspension height, with a weight of 74. 4 grams. No hallmarks, with full length of neck ribbon, in fine condition. Footnote: The order was created in 1889 by King Toffa of Dahomey, West Africa, and it became a French Colonial award in 1896 for 10 years service in West and Equatorial Africa by the military. Not issued after