Ethiopia, Kingdom. An Order of the Seal of Solomon, Breast Star Auction Banks & Biddle)

Banks & Biddle)

After he did not return from action on June 30

and for his splendid steadiness at all times

An Early Pakistani Pilot's Badge - In cast bronze with green paint

104 x 155mm

Ethiopia, Kingdom. An Order of the Seal of Solomon, Breast Star Auction Banks & Biddle)Instituted in 1874. In bronze gilt, insignia consists of a Star of David with a cross bottony in the center, each point finished with ball finials, mounted to an eight pointed star base, reverse marked MADE IN ETHIOPIA B. A. SEVADJIANI, measuring 87. 3 mm (w) x 88 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Seal of Solomon was founded by Emperor Yohannes IV in 1874 as the highest imperial honor,