France, Colonial. An Order Of The Black Star, Commander Buy Now Der Heimat zur Wehr” (German

Der Heimat zur Wehr” (German - To honour labour for the defense of the home)

with chain from aluminium

a 1937 German Youth Festival badge

maker marked “RZM M1/103” for “Carl Poellath

titled “Hochlandlager 1936” (“Highland Camp 1936”)

France, Colonial. An Order Of The Black Star, Commander Buy Now Der Heimat zur Wehr” (German(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