Kenya, Republic. A Chief Of The Order Of The Burning Spear, I Class Star, C.1970 GTRexclude in silvered iron

in silvered iron

constructed of smooth field-grey wool with a forest-green doeskin wool cap band

with four lightning bolts to the top and the other four to the bottom of the central bar

the obverse medallion features a falcon on a blue enamel field

Decades after his death

Kenya, Republic. A Chief Of The Order Of The Burning Spear, I Class Star, C.1970 GTRexclude in silvered ironInstituted 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