Ethiopia, Government In Exile. A Most Exalted Order Of The Queen Of Sheba, Grand Cross Star, By B.a.sevadjian, C.1960 Archive running from waistband to ankle

running from waistband to ankle

measuring 17 mm (w) x 20 mm (h))

Colonel Samuel Hanford McKee

being promoted to Obergefreiter der Landwehr (Corporal of the Home Guard)

Ethiopia, Government In Exile. A Most Exalted Order Of The Queen Of Sheba, Grand Cross Star, By B.a.sevadjian, C.1960 Archive running from waistband to ankleInstituted in 1922. Two piece construction, in bronze gilt, maker marked "MADE IN ETHIOPIA B. A. SEVADJIAN" on the pin, measuring 71. 5 mm (w) x 74. 5 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, very light contact, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Most Exalted Order of the Queen of Sheba was instituted in 1922 by Empress Zawditu. It was awarded originally to ladies, but now to both sexes, normally Royal or heads of state, in five grades: Grand