French, Colonial. An Order Of The Black Star, Grand Officer Miniature In Gold And Diamonds, Archive He attended the Torpedo School

He attended the Torpedo School at HMS Vernon in Portsmouth on June 10

In stamped steel painted black

and unlike the rest of Bomber Command

Includes four awards

Two Income Tax cards

French, Colonial. An Order Of The Black Star, Grand Officer Miniature In Gold And Diamonds, Archive He attended the Torpedo School(Ordre de l'toile Noire). Instituted in 1892 by Toffa, King of Porto Novo. Of superb French manufacture, consisting of an exquisitely enameled blue framed Maltese Cross composed of genuines finely cut diamond in its arms, featuring sets of multiple Gold rays with superposed genuines diamonds in each quadrant, with obverse centre exhibiting a finely enameled black five pointed star, plain reverse, suspended by a beautifully enameled green laurel wreath