Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of The Star Of Ethiopia, Ii Class Commander Newly Listed he transferred to the Reserve

he transferred to the Reserve and began studying at university

the obverse with a central monogram of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia

and a cotton embroidered border

the Baptism of Our Lord and the Last Supper

26712 Flight Serjeant Edward Wardell (Putney)

Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of The Star Of Ethiopia, Ii Class Commander Newly Listed he transferred to the ReserveInstituted in 1884. In bronze gilt, measuring 79. 3 mm (w) x 105 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, gilt wear evident around the raised centre point, contact marks and spotting on the reverse, on a shortened incorrect neck ribbon, better than very fine. Footnote: The Order of the Star of Ethiopia was established as an order of knighthood of the Ethiopian Empire, founded by the Negus of Shoa and later emperor of Ethiopia Menelik II in 1884 1885.