Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of Emperor Menelik Ii, Iii Class Commander certificate_of_authenticity posing on a motorcycle and

posing on a motorcycle and on a mule

the first of its kind in the world

with a lightly soiled period original ribbon

measuring 30 mm (w) x 49

Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of Emperor Menelik Ii, Iii Class Commander certificate_of_authenticity posing on a motorcycle andInstituted in 1924. In bronze gilt with red and green enamels, measuring 48. 5 mm (w) x 72. 8 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, intact enamels, without neck ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Menelik II is an Ethiopian order established in 1924 by then Regent Tafari Makonnen, during the reign of Empress Zewditu I, to honour the memory of Emperor Menelik II. It was often referred to as the Order of the Lion, for the lion depicted in