Ethiopia, Kingdom. A Star of Victory 1941 for Domestic Engagements consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac when a man was wounded

when a man was wounded by machine-gun fire

A rare surviving example of the type with an intacted quillon (has not been welded back on)

11 for one month (August to September 1946)

hallmarked on pin and catch

Ethiopia, Kingdom. A Star of Victory 1941 for Domestic Engagements consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac when a man was woundedInstituted in 1941. In coin silver, measuring 35. 3 mm (w) x 53. 5 mm (h), traces of greening evident on the obverse, contact marks overall, without ribbon, very fine. Footnote: The Star of Victory 1941 was instituted in 1941 and was awarded for service during the Patriotic War against the Italian occupation 1935 1941, in two versions: (i) Domestic Engagements and (ii) International Engagements.