Lot Essay
INDENTFriendship between Egypt and Ethiopia was traditional. Egypt was the Mother country of the Coptic church, and Coptic Christianity was the state religion of Ethiopia.
Details
ETHIOPIA, Order of the Star, an extremely rare "Special Class" Grand Cross set of insignia worked entirely in gold, total weight 5.24 oz. troy, Badge, 105 mm. x 75 mm., set with four garnets; Star, 76 mm., set with five coloured pastes, the set extremely fine, with half sash-riband (2)
Provenance
From the collection of Abbas II Hilmi, last Khedive of Egypt