Ethiopia, Kingdom. An Order of the Seal of Solomon, Breast Star Auction In gilt bronze and white

In gilt bronze and white enamels

browning copper

and pinned with aluminum numerals “78”

the obverse bearing a central wreathed swastika

Ethiopia, Kingdom. An Order of the Seal of Solomon, Breast Star Auction In gilt bronze and whiteInstituted 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,