ETHIOPIA DERG MEDAL ID

[heusy68]

Hello Gentlemen, 

I have seen this medal from time to time, but always with no ribbon, or obviously incorrect ribbon.

Here , I think with 99 % certitude, it's the correct ribbon.

But what is this medal for ? Any Amharic reader here ?

The medal is in base metal, 52 x 27 Millimeters (including its suspension). The ribbon width is 32 Millimeters.

Best regards.

     Emmanuel

[heusy68]

Thanks to Owain, who gave me a translation : " For 15 Years Distinguished (or Special) Service".

If any member is fluent in Ahmaric, he's most welcome.

Regards.

    Emmanuel

[ilja559]

[Richard S]

Hi Heusy, hi Ilja,

great for me unknown medal and beautiful book? The book looks very interesting - ex GDR?

Best regards

Richard

[OCSredleg]

For those interested the magazine posted by ilja559 is from the East German National People’s Army “Armeerundschau” dated January 1990

[Megan]

Fascinating... where is this information to be found? I haven't even started on Ethiopia properly yet!

[OCSredleg]

Megan,
Specifically I found this on a website called “The Internet Archive “ (https://archive.org/details/armeerundschau)

 

generally, I’m doing research for an article I’m considering for submission to OMSA covering DERG to present ODM. I’ll be using the following bibliography:

Zewde, Bahru “A History of Modern Ethiopia “

Kapuscinski, Ryszard “The Emperor “

Keller, Edmond “Revolutionary Ethiopia “

Henze, Paul “Ethiopia in Mengistu’s Final Years, Until the Last Bullet” vols 1&2

 

-This list is heavy on the Socialist period of Ethiopia. I’ll likely use recent media reporting for the Haile-Mirium/Ahmed regimes. 

[Megan]

I'll look forwards to that article!

[OCSredleg]

Fellow Africa Experts,

im doing some research on Derg Orders and Decorations. I came across the following picture of MG Meredasa Lelisa. In the picture he is wearing an Order of the February 1974 Revolution 2nd class, a wounded on duty medal and another I can’t recognize to the far right. It appears to have a large bee a fixed to a five-pointed star. The star hangs from a standard Derg medal hanger that has a flat folded ribbon. In the color picture the ribbon appears to be green with a tricolor centered. I can’t make out the tricolor. Any information is appreciated,

 

[Jah Jim]

Having one of the honeybee medals, I'll be most interested to learn what it is.

 

According to my sketchy notes, the bee medal MIGHT be Medal For Esteemable Military Service.

Edited November 30 by Jah Jim
more info added