In 1934 , Husen applied without success for the " Frontkämpfer-Abzeichen " , the front-line veterans ' Honour Cross . The German authorities were not willing to bestow the order upon " coloureds " in general , and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck appeared to have explicitly ruled out the case of Husen in a letter to the foreign office . Husen nevertheless wore the badge and an askari uniform which he probably bought from a military supplies dealer during his participation in rallies of the German neo-colonialist movement , which sought to reclaim Germany 's lost colonies
Honour Cross
The Honour Cross of the World War 1914/1918
Bayume Mohamed Husen