Ethiopia, Kingdom. A Distinguished Military Medal of Haile Selassie I. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of four miniature badges

consisting of four miniature badges depicting the DJ insignia

each designed with a fold over flap with reinforced button hole and a silvered aluminum button with a pebbled upper

Merchant Marine Defense Medal

during the war

with collar tabs on either side

Ethiopia, Kingdom. A Distinguished Military Medal of Haile Selassie I. consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac consisting of four miniature badgesInstituted 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