Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of The Star Of Ethiopia, Ii Class, Commander, C.1950 Newly Listed hallmarks for 1881

hallmarks for 1881

presenting as a blackened Cross Pattée

the obverse consisting of a shield bearing a map of the Crimean Peninsula and southern Ukraine

arriving at Le Havre on August 12th

Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of The Star Of Ethiopia, Ii Class, Commander, C.1950 Newly Listed hallmarks for 1881Instituted in 1884. In bronze gilt, measuring 80. 2 mm (w) x 106 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, light contact evident on the reverse, on its original full length neck ribbon, near extremely 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. It is currently awarded as a house order by the Crown