Order with five degrees: Grand-Croix Commandeur avec Plaque Commandeur Officier Chevalier
Presented by
FranceBenin
Status
Deprecated 3 December 1963 by the Ordre National du Mérite
Established
1 December 1889
Precedence
Next (higher)
Médaille militaire
Equivalent
Ordre national du Mérite
Next (lower)
Croix de guerre
The Order of the Black Star (Ordre de l'Étoile Noire) was an order of knighthood established on 1 December 1889 at Porto-Novo by Toffa, future king of Dahomey (today the Republic of Benin). Approved and recognised by the French government on 30 July 1894, after the establishment of the new statutes of 30 August 1892, according this distinction to all those who worked to develop French influence on the west coast of Africa.
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