Ethiopia. An Order Of Emperor Menelik Ii, Officer Newly Listed 20 Casualty Clearing Station

20 Casualty Clearing Station

Megantic County

plus a check at 2:00 am confirming that the wire had been cut and the Battalion was ready for action

the United States Army Air Forces Air Transport Command Trans-Africa Ferry Route

Black Grade - Non-magnetic

Ethiopia. An Order Of Emperor Menelik Ii, Officer Newly Listed 20 Casualty Clearing StationIn bronze gilt with red and green enamels, unmarked, 48. 7 mm (w) x 74. 5 mm (h) inclusive of its crown suspension, without ribbon, intact enamels, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of Menelik II is an Ethiopian order established in 1924 by then Regent Tafari Makonnen, during the reign of Empress Zewditu I, to honour the memory of Emperor Menelik II. It was often referred to as the Order of the Lion, for the lion depicted in the center of the red