Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of The Star, Iv Class Knight, Dignitary Issue, C.1895 Newly Listed As part of the Battle

As part of the Battle of Tugela Heights

faint naming visible on the VM

he was appointed Provost Sergeant on December 16th

the roads were becoming impassable under the autumn rains

1916 in Cobourg

Ethiopia, Empire. An Order Of The Star, Iv Class Knight, Dignitary Issue, C.1895 Newly Listed As part of the BattleInstituted 1884. Type I. 1884 1900 Issue. A quality made award in silver gilt, consisting of a stylized and characteristic five pointed star featuring a beaded border and hand filed negative spacing, obverse centre embellished with a finely set red glass stone denoting that this particular award is an early example likely manufactured locally by B. A. Sevadjian of Addis Ababa for foreign dignitaries under Emperors Menelik and Haile Selassie, adorned