Order of the Black Star
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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).
The order was deprecated by decree on 3 December 1963, and superseded by the Ordre National du Mérite.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.
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Recipients
- Grand Crosses
- Amha Selassie
- Hamengkubuwono VIII
- Edgard de Larminat
- Jean de Lattre de Tassigny
- Charles Debbas
- Commanders with Plaque
- Michel Arnaud
- Pedro Correia de Barros
- Gustaf Bonde (1911–1977)
- Smedley Butler
- Jacob Emil van Hoogstraten
- Harry J. Malony
- Jacques Massu
- Ernest Dichmann Peek
- Bengt Rabaeus
- Howard Robertson (architect)
- Sisavang Vong
- Commanders
- Ewart Culpin
- William H. Hay
- John H. Hughes (general)
- Palden Thondup Namgyal
- Pakubuwono X
- Wilhelm Winther
- Arthur Young (police officer)
- Smedley Butler
- John H. Sherburne
- Edward Vollrath
- Officers
- Knights
- Jacques Chirac
- Philip Sassoon
- George A. White
- Unknown Class
- Willy Coppens
- John F. Curry
- Ernest J. Dawley
- Pierre Pouyade
- Michael Scott (golfer)
- Emmet Harris
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