Ethiopia, Kingdom. A War Cross For Korea Auction surface wear evident

surface wear evident

with loop for suspension on a white ribbon with blue and black stripes

consisting of a Cross Patté with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed nickel-silver frame

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Ethiopia, Kingdom. A War Cross For Korea Auction surface wear evidentInstituted December 11 1959 by Emperor Haile Selassie I. In silvered bronze, a cross with three rounded arms, presenting a star on the 3 and 9 oclock arms and a lion head at 6 oclock, the 12 oclock arm with a surmounting Ethiopian crown, the obverse with a left facing bust of Emperor Haile Selassie I, the reverse features an Amharic inscription which can be translated to We support every nations independence but we are always the enemies of