Burundi. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Star Auction Archive The thirteen billion dollar program

The thirteen billion dollar program ran for four years and included financial and material help

number "2300" impressed on the reverse

the centerpiece of both the obverse and reverse with a central monogram of Kaiser Wilhelm II

including Private Erwin

Ross suffered a shrapnel (gun shot) wound to his right eye during the German Offensive in the Somme

Burundi. An Order of Civil Merit, Grand Cross Star Auction Archive The thirteen billion dollar programInstituted 1982. In bronze gilt and enamels, presenting a a white enamel six point star with ball finials, central green enamel cross with interior white disc with red stars, the reverse is plain with a horizontal pin across the 3 9 oclock arm, measures 72. 4 mm (w) x 83 mm (h), light contact marks throughout, in very fine condition.