Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of The Star Of Ethiopia, Iv Class Knight, C.1935 Archive Each with ring suspensions and

Each with ring suspensions and ribbons

Mercer of Owen Sound

marked “S & C

George -  circa 1920’s manufacture

with his widow

Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of The Star Of Ethiopia, Iv Class Knight, C.1935 Archive Each with ring suspensions andInstituted in 1884. In bronze gilt, rough demeanor, likely manufactured during the Italian Occupation of 1935 1937, measuring 52 mm (w) x 78. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, on its original 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