Ethiopia, Kingdom. A Pair of Orders & Awards Auction standing at the base of

standing at the base of a column topped by a spread-winged eagle

and sporadic patches of verdigris to the bronze

Commemorative Medal for the Centenary of the 1812 War 1812-1912 (bronze gilt

in the form of a family tree

where they disembarked

Ethiopia, Kingdom. A Pair of Orders & Awards Auction standing at the base ofThis lot includes: 1)An Order of King Solomon: In gilt bronze, 67. 4 mm (h) x 42. 7 mm (w), on multi striped ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Imperial Order of Solomon was an order of knighthood of the Ethiopian Empire founded in 1874 2)An Order of the Star of Ethiopia: In gilt bronze, 67. 3 mm (h) x 51. 7 mm (w), on multi striped ribbon, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Star was established by Emperor Menelik II in 1884, prior to his