THE ETHIOPIAN KOREA MEDAL - A Catalgoue of Decorations and Campaign Medals
Issued By Ethiopia To United Nations Forces
For The Korean War 1950 - 1954

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THE ETHIOPIAN KOREA MEDAL

Obverse	A trefoil surmounted by the Ethiopian Imperial Crown. In the lower part of the trefoil is a lions head facing left with a 1mm high Amharic inscription ‘Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah ’ around the bottom, and in the left and right panels are two shields of 12-pointed stars. A portrait of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor Haile Selassie in uniform facing left is surmounted in a rectangular box in the centre of the medal.
Reverse	The reverse is plain and flat with raised rim and lettering 3mm high. Across the upper panels is a two line inscription in Amharic, ‘ We support every nation’s independence but are always the enemies of aggression’, and in the lower panel on two lines, ‘ KOREA / 1943 ’ (The Ethiopian calendar).
Size	The trefoil is 63mm deep, 52mm wide and 3.5mm thick.
Suspension	A 13mm ring connected to the top of the medal at the top of the Imperial Crown.
Composition	Silvered white metal.
Designers	Not known.
Naming	Issued un-named.
Ribbon	36mm wide, with central stripes of mid blue left, and white right both 9mm wide. On each side of these central stripes are the colours of the Ethiopian flag, from left to right red, yellow and green, all 3mm wide.
No. of clasps	None.
Other emblems	None.
No. issued	3,518.
Instituted	Not known.
Qualification	Not known.

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