Ethiopia, Kingdom. An Order of the Seal of Solomon, Breast Star Auction maker marked "ZUKOV PRAHA 7"

maker marked "ZUKOV PRAHA 7" on the reverse

silver and silver-gilt palms and lion ribbon emblems were awarded for various categories of Mention in Dispatches

After he did not return from action on June 30

standing upon a pedestal bearing the Latin inscription "S

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Ethiopia, Kingdom. An Order of the Seal of Solomon, Breast Star Auction maker marked "ZUKOV PRAHA 7"Instituted in 1874. In bronze gilt, insignia consists of a Star of David with a cross bottony in the center, each point finished with ball finials, mounted to an eight pointed star base, reverse marked MADE IN ETHIOPIA B. A. SEVADJIANI, measuring 87. 3 mm (w) x 88 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Seal of Solomon was founded by Emperor Yohannes IV in 1874 as the highest imperial honor,