Ethiopia, Kingdom. A Distinguished Military Medal of Haile Selassie I. Auction with Calnek transferred to the

with Calnek transferred to the 100th Infantry Battalion on October 26th

following an ultimate victory of the Russian-led coalition

a seventeenth insignia placed at the mid-point and engraver marked "JOAO ANJOS CONDECORACOES" on the obverse

Stitched to the lining on either side just below each armpit is an Army green rayon belt

Ethiopia, Kingdom. A Distinguished Military Medal of Haile Selassie I. Auction with Calnek transferred to theInstituted in 1935. In bronze, a trilobe medal with the obverse showing a portrait of Emperor Haile Selassie wearing the Ethiopian Crown, with the inscription in Geez Haile Selassie the First, the reverse bearing the three pointed Star of the Trinity above a pair of crossed batons, reverse pin, 51. 2 mm (h) x 39. 3 mm (w), on original ribbon with one palm clasp, extremely fine. Footnote: The Distinguished Military Medal of Haile Selasse I was