heusy68 Posted March 4, 2019 Posted March 4, 2019 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 Posted March 5, 2019 Author Posted March 5, 2019 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
Richard S Posted June 15, 2022 Posted June 15, 2022 Hi Heusy, hi Ilja, great for me unknown medal and beautiful book? The book looks very interesting - ex GDR? Best regards Richard
OCSredleg Posted June 30 Posted June 30 For those interested the magazine posted by ilja559 is from the East German National People’s Army “Armeerundschau” dated January 1990
Megan Posted July 1 Posted July 1 Fascinating... where is this information to be found? I haven't even started on Ethiopia properly yet!
OCSredleg Posted July 1 Posted July 1 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.
OCSredleg Posted July 14 Posted July 14 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,
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