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Lot# 632 - Auction 265-273

  • Lot# : 632 Ethiopia

    1907: Memorial Medal struck by Menelik II to honour the Railway Engineers and workers for the Djibouti to Dire Daoua Railway Line, with portrait of the Emperor on obverse and reverse with Railway Locomotive and amharic inscription "Memorial of the Railway, 1895" (Ethiopian equivalent to 1902). The capital Addis Abeba was not joined to the line until 1922. Unusual.
    Starting bid : 100.00 CHF
    Hammer price : 100.00 CHF