Ethiopia, Empire. A Coronation Medal Of Haile Selassie I, I Class Gold Grade, C.1935 Newly Listed circa 1944 manufacture

circa 1944 manufacture

of early fine quality manufacture with crisp details

but neither decision affected his career

stamped in black ink "CANADIAN ARMY" to the right of the Red Cross

Ethiopia, Empire. A Coronation Medal Of Haile Selassie I, I Class Gold Grade, C.1935 Newly Listed circa 1944 manufactureType II with text "Meeyazheya" below the portrait. Instituted in 1930. In bronze gilt, measuring 41. 2 mm in diameter, discolouration evident on the reverse, scattered gilt wear, edge nicks, contact marks, on its original ribbon, fine. Footnote: The Coronation Medal of Haile Selassie I was created for the coronation of Emperor Haile Selassie I in 1930. Haile Selassie (1892 1975) claimed to be a direct descendant of the the Queen of Sheba and King