Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of The Star Of Ethiopia, Ii Class, Commander, C.1950 Newly Listed Original WWII period photo and

Original WWII period photo and signature of SS Generalleutnant Herbert Otto Gille

all displaying wear and material fatigue consistent with age and field use

He was drafted into Wehrmacht service on 1 April 1936 as a Fahnenjunker of Flak-Regiment 5

the obverse with a grey machine-embroidered Wehrmacht eagle clutching a swastika above a tri-colour cockade

Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of The Star Of Ethiopia, Ii Class, Commander, C.1950 Newly Listed Original WWII period photo andInstituted 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