Badge: Black Star of Benin 1896-1963

Awarded to Captain Stanislaus Niewiarowski, Imperial Russian Navy. Badge: A gilt cross of four arms, each double-pointed, enamelled white with blue edges, in the centre, a gilt five-pointed star, enamelled black. Between each pair of arms, three gilt rays (short, long, short). It is suspended by a loop from a gilt wreath of laurel, enamelled green, secured to a pale blue moire ribbon. Mounted on a bar with eleven others.

Object Details

ID: MED2680
Collection: Coins and medals
Type: Order
Display location: Not on display
People: Niewiarowski, Stanislaus
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 44 mm