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The Order of the Star of Africa is an order presented by the government of Liberia.
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Criteria
The Order of the Star of Africa is presented in five grades, Knight, Officer, Grand Commander, Grand Officer, and Grand Cross. Liberian and foreign citizens may be invested with the order for distinguished service to the Republic of Liberia or to Africa in public service or in the arts and sciences.Appearance
The badge and star of the Order of the Star of Africa is a nine-pointed white enamel and silver gilded star. Between the arms of the star are gilt rays with a five-pointed pale blue star superimposed on the rays. On theobverse
Obverse and its opposite, reverse, refer to the two flat faces of coins and some other two-sided objects, including paper money, flags, seals, medals, drawings, old master prints and other works of art, and printed fabrics. In this usage, ...
of the insignia, in the center, is a circular gilded medallion bearing the intertwined letters ''LR'' above the date 1920, surrounded by a pale blue enamel ring. On the ring are the gold letters ''The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here''. The reverse of the badge is identical to the obverse except for the central medallion, which bears an allegorical female figure reaching for a shining star surrounded by a red enamel ring. The ring is inscribed in gold letters ''Light in Darkness''.
Recipients
*Akihito
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* Charles Taylor
* Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr.
*Mary Broh
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* Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., United States Army
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*John Warren Davis (college president)
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* Luther H. Foster Jr.
*Piet de Jong
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* Moshe Mayer
* Isaac Michaelson
*Ambassador Chigozie Obi-Nnadozie
* Salim Ahmed Salim
* Tzvi Tzur
*Ambassador George Wallace
*George Werner
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, former Minister of Education
Knights Grand Band
*Elizabeth II
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* Juliana of the Netherlands
* Prince Edward, Duke of Kent
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* Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
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Grand Commander
* Wulf Gatter, German environmentalist and ornithologist *Fatima Massaquoi
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, writer and academic
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