An Ethiopian Eritrean Medal Of Haile Selassie I; Gold Grade Archive Saxe-Coburg-Gotha War Commemorative Cross 1914-18

Saxe-Coburg-Gotha War Commemorative Cross 1914-18 Second Class is very rare award

marked "FABRICADO EN CUBA" and maker marked "VILARDEBO & RIERA HABANA" on the reverse cartouche

Footnote: In the postwar years the Dachau facility served to hold SS soldiers awaiting trial

000 women and girls accepted the challenge

of very good quality manufacture with good fire gilding and bright enamels

An Ethiopian Eritrean Medal Of Haile Selassie I; Gold Grade Archive Saxe-Coburg-Gotha War Commemorative Cross 1914-18Bronze gilt, 40. 7 mm x 58 mm, original ribbon with dual prong pinback, contact marks, better than very fine. Footnote: Eritrea was joined in federation with Ethiopia after the Second World War but in 1960, the Eritrean parliament voted unanimously for independence. There followed a long and bitter war for independence that ended only in 1991. Eritrea became independent on May 24, 1993 but war broke out again from 1998 to 2000 and many issues remain