Ethiopia. An Order Of Emperor Menelik Ii, Officer GTRexclude Leather sweatband slightly soiled but

Leather sweatband slightly soiled but otherwise near very fine condition

By the summer and with hostilities having ceased

emboss stamped "24015" on the lid

JOHNSON) Naming is engraved

The blade’s reverse ricasso is maker marked “Paul Weyersberg

Ethiopia. An Order Of Emperor Menelik Ii, Officer GTRexclude Leather sweatband slightly soiled butIn bronze gilt with red and green enamels, unmarked, 48. 7 mm (w) x 74. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, without ribbon, intact enamels, 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 the center of the red