An Unusual Ethiopian Victory Star

[Ulsterman]

I have seen a grand total of two of these in the past 5 years.

Information regarding all Ethiopian awards is somewhat scant and cries out for additional research to be done, but one knowledgeable Frenchman has told me that this little star is a very special victory star.

Unlike it larger brother, manufactured in the UK (as was this probably), this has a different back. Purportedly it was awarded to females only for resistance and efforts to aid Ethiopia during the Italian occupation and participation in the Imperial anti-fascist resistance. Many royal ladies received it as did a few British nurses and others, but many recipients were village partisans.