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,