Ethiopia, Kingdom. An Order of the Seal of Solomon, Breast Star Auction An Early Pakistani Pilot's Badge

An Early Pakistani Pilot's Badge - In cast bronze with green paint

104 x 155mm

maker marked "ZUKOV PRAHA 7" on the reverse

The the throat fixture retains a functional spring catch

silver and silver-gilt palms and lion ribbon emblems were awarded for various categories of Mention in Dispatches

Ethiopia, Kingdom. An Order of the Seal of Solomon, Breast Star Auction An Early Pakistani Pilot's BadgeInstituted in 1874. In bronze gilt, insignia consists of a Star of David with a cross bottony in the center, each point finished with ball finials, mounted to an eight pointed star base, reverse marked MADE IN ETHIOPIA B. A. SEVADJIANI, measuring 87. 3 mm (w) x 88 mm (h), vertical pinback flanked by dual stays, extremely fine. Footnote: The Order of the Seal of Solomon was founded by Emperor Yohannes IV in 1874 as the highest imperial honor,