Kenya, Republic. A Chief Of The Order Of The Burning Spear, I Class Star, C.1970 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 115 mm x 295

measuring 115 mm x 295 mm

A Bronze Grade German Mother's Cross

This particular buckle is illustrated on page 141 of "Belt Buckles & Brocades of the Third Reich

" He was subsequently declared to be Category "E" (unfit for service in Categories A

Total length of the armband is approximately 40cm (or nearly 16 inches)

Kenya, Republic. A Chief Of The Order Of The Burning Spear, I Class Star, C.1970 consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac measuring 115 mm x 295Instituted in 1966. Two piece construction, silver gilt centrepiece disk bearing crossed spears fronted by a large pole, within a dual ringed circle, mounted to a sixteen pointed star base, marked "C. B. S." (Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear) on the reverse, measuring 90. 7 mm (w) x 90. 7 mm (h), vertical pinback, scattered gilt wear on the centrepiece disk, contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: The Order of the Burning Spear was