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Order of the Black Star
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Ordre de l'Étoile Noire
The
Grand Croix
badge, ribbon and plaque
Type
Order
with five degrees:
Grand-croix
Commandeur avec plaque
Commandeur
Officier
Chevalier
Presented by
France
Benin
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.
Classes
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The order has five classes:
Grand-croix
(grand cross),
Commandeur avec plaque
(commander with plaque),
Commandeur
(commander),
Officier
(officer), and
Chevalier
(knight).
Grand-croix
Grand Officier
Commandeur
Officier
Chevalier
The order was deprecated by decree on 3 December 1963, and superseded by the
Ordre National du Mérite
. Extant members of the order are permitted to wear their original decorations.