France, Colonial. An Order of the Black Star, Grand Cross Set, by Bertrand Province of China Footnote: The Order of Danilo

Footnote: The Order of Danilo I was the first Montenegrin dynastic and state Order established by Prince Danilo Petrović Njegoš in 1853

with extensive oxidation evident to the obverse

the reverse bearing a central date of “13 MÄRZ 1938”

a forced labour camp populated primarily by Polish inmates

(Leopold Orden)

France, Colonial. An Order of the Black Star, Grand Cross Set, by Bertrand Province of China Footnote: The Order of DaniloInstituted May 10, 1896 by the King of Porto Novo. A Grand Cross Badge in silver gilt and enamels, presenting a white and blue enamelled Maltese Cross, with a five point black enamel star in the center, reverse mirrors the obverse, surmounted by a green enamelled wreath, marked on integral suspension with boars head denoting French manufacture and silver fineness, measures 55. 1mm (w) x 84. 2 mm (h), enamels intact, light wear and contact marks,