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Auction: 340 - The Numismatic Collectors' Series Sale
Lot: 596

Ethiopia. Korean War Pair. Ethiopian Korea Medal. 'Court' size, 52 x 67mm. Silvered White Metal. Trilobe. Haile Selassie at center; UN Korean War Medal - Amharic type. The Ethiopian Army sent one infantry battalion, drawn from the Imperial Guard, to Korea - the 1st, 2nd and third Kagnew Battalion (the fourth arriving after the cease fire) with a total of 3,518 combat personnel. The Ethiopian battalion never ceded an inch of ground nor was a single Ethiopian soldier captured by the enemy. On ribands. Extremely Fine and Rare. Ex Evans Kerrigan Collection.

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$190