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    ETHIOPIA DERG MEDAL ID


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    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

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    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

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    Posted

    Hi Heusy, hi Ilja,

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

    Best regards

    Richard

    • 2 years later...
    Posted

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

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    Posted

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

    Posted

    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. 

    • 2 weeks later...
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    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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