Updated: 07 June, 2005

Burundi

• Orders, Decorations and Medals of Burundi   Megan Robertson

• Ribbons of  Burundi Antonio Prieto Barrio

• Medals of Burundi   The Order of Ruzinko (4th class, Officer, breast badge with rosette) The Royal Order of Ruzinko (Ordre Royal de Ruzinko):  founded by King Mwambutsa IV in 1962. Awarded in five classes (1. Grand Cordon, 2.Grand Officer, 3. Commander, 4. Officer, and 5. Knight). Christopher Buyers

• Order of "Amitié des Peuples" (Friendship of the People} This order was created in 1982, and is awarded to foreign diplomats in Bujumbura, or to people who have helped for restoring peace in the area of the big lakes and in Africa in a more general sense of term. Pictured here is the Star of the Order. Photo by Emmanuel Halleux