Ethiopia, Kingdom. A War Cross For Korea Auction consisting of a Cross Patté

consisting of a Cross Patté with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed nickel-silver frame

with official stampings in black ink on either side

It was good for the morale of the United States and its Allies and bad for the morale of the Japanese and the Axis powers

but currently rates as very fine

Ethiopia, Kingdom. A War Cross For Korea Auction consisting of a Cross PattéInstituted December 11 1959 by Emperor Haile Selassie I. In silvered bronze, a cross with three rounded arms, presenting a star on the 3 and 9 oclock arms and a lion head at 6 oclock, the 12 oclock arm with a surmounting Ethiopian crown, the obverse with a left facing bust of Emperor Haile Selassie I, the reverse features an Amharic inscription which can be translated to We support every nations independence but we are always the enemies of