An Ethiopian Eritrean Medal Of Haile Selassie I, Bronze Grade Newly Listed on February 16

on February 16

with top broch bar

version with two pins and tongue

Transferring to the 4th Canadian Entrenching Battalion on returning to active service in the following month

Sunfish sank three ships

An Ethiopian Eritrean Medal Of Haile Selassie I, Bronze Grade Newly Listed on February 16Bronze, 40. 7 mm x 58 mm, five bronze torches indicating later engagements affixed to its original ribbon, indentation on the reverse, contact marks, very fine. Footnote: Eritrea was joined in federation with Ethiopia after the Second World War but in 1960, the Eritrean parliament voted unanimously for independence. There followed a long and bitter war for independence that ended only in 1991. Eritrea became independent on May 24, 1993 but war broke