The Order of the Star of Ethiopia was established as an

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of the

Ethiopian Empire The Ethiopian Empire (), also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or just simply known as Ethiopia (; Amharic and Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ , , Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: ''Itiyoophiyaa''), was an empire that histori ...

, founded by the

Negus Negus (Negeuce, Negoose) ( gez, ንጉሥ, ' ; cf. ti, ነጋሲ ' ) is a title in the Ethiopian Semitic languages. It denotes a monarch,

of Shoa and later Emperor of Ethiopia

Menelik II , spoken = ; ''djānhoi'', lit. ''"O steemedroyal"'' , alternative = ; ''getochu'', lit. ''"Our master"'' (pl.) Menelik II ( gez, ዳግማዊ ምኒልክ ; horse name Abba Dagnew ( Amharic: አባ ዳኘው ''abba daññäw''); 17 ...

in 1884–1885. It is currently awarded as a

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by the

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. The Order was established to honour foreign and domestic civilian and military officials and individuals for service to the country, and is considered the fifth ranking order of the

Empire of Ethiopia The Ethiopian Empire (), also formerly known by the exonym Abyssinia, or just simply known as Ethiopia (; Amharic and Tigrinya: ኢትዮጵያ , , Oromo: Itoophiyaa, Somali: Itoobiya, Afar: ''Itiyoophiyaa''), was an empire that historical ...

alongside the

Order of Menelik II The Imperial Order of Emperor Menelik II is an Ethiopian order established in 1924 by then-Regent Tafari Makonnen, during the reign of Empress Zewditu I, in order to honor the memory of Emperor Menelik II. The Imperial Order was often referred to ...

. All grades of the Order are approved for wear as a foreign order (i.e. after all British and other Commonwealth decorations) by

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and the other

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, as it is on the "Schedule of Approved Countries and Awards".

herself was awarded the Chain and Collar of the

Order of the Seal of Solomon The Order of the Seal of Solomon is an order of knighthood of the Ethiopian Empire, founded by Emperor Yohannes IV in 1874 as the highest imperial honour, containing five grades. In 1930, an even higher Order was established, i.e. the Order of S ...

Grades

; First Class # ETH Order of the Star of Ethiopia - Grand Cross BAR

Grand Cross (GCSE) ; Second Class # ETH Order of the Star of Ethiopia - Grand Officer BAR

Grand Officer (GOSE) # ETH Order of the Star of Ethiopia - Commander BAR

Commander (CSE) ; Third Class # ETH Order of the Star of Ethiopia - Officer BAR

Officer (OSE) # ETH Order of the Star of Ethiopia - Member BAR

Member (MSE)

Recipients

* Head **

Haile Selassie Haile Selassie I ( gez, ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé, ; born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 189227 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (' ...

* Grand Crosses **

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** Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn **

Sidney Barton Sir Sidney Barton (26 November 1876 – 20 January 1946) was a British barrister and diplomat, serving as consul-general in Shanghai and as minister to Ethiopia. Early life Sidney Barton was born in Exeter, Devonshire, England on 26 November ...

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** Hussein Refki Pasha **

Seyoum Mengesha Seyoum Mengesha KBE ( Amharic: ሥዩም መንገሻ; 21 June 1887 – 15 December 1960) was an army commander and a member of the royal family of the Ethiopian Empire. Early life ''Le'ul'' ''Ras'' Seyoum Mengesha was born on 24 June 1 ...

Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger Wilfred Gilbert Thesiger DSO (25 March 1871 – 31 January 1920) was a British officer and diplomat, who was British Minister in Ethiopia from 1909 to 1919. Background and early life Thesiger was born into a well-connected family of politicia ...

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* Grand Officers **

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* Commanders ** Guy Gibson Campbell ** Ralph Cobbold **

Meir Dizengoff Meir Dizengoff ( he, מֵאִיר דִּיזֶנְגּוֹף, russian: Меер Янкелевич Дизенгоф ''Meer Yankelevich Dizengof'', 25 February 1861 – 23 September 1936) was a Zionist leader and politician and the founder and fi ...

Adolf Bredo Stabell (diplomat) Adolf Bredo Stabell (12 August 1908 – 5 December 1996) was a Norwegian diplomat. He was born in Kolbu as a son of attorney Bernhard Dunker Stabell (1878–1929) and Dorothea Antoinette Platou (1883–1964). In 1938 he married American citizen Vi ...

* Grand Cordons **

Amha Selassie Amha Selassie ( Amharic: አምሃ ሥላሴ; Āmiha Šilasē; born Asfaw Wossen Tafari; 27 July 191617 January 1997) was Emperor-in-exile of Ethiopia. As son of Haile Selassie I, he was Crown Prince and was proclaimed Emperor three times. He ...

Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer) General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, (25 December 1891 – 29 April 1959) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in both world wars. He is mainly remembered as the commander of the British First Army during Operation Torch, the ...

Desta Damtew ''Ras'' Desta Damtew (Amharic: ደስታ ዳምጠው ; ''c.'' 1892 – 24 February 1937) was an Ethiopian noble, an army commander, and a son-in-law of Emperor Haile Selassie I. Biography Born in the village of Maskan (in the contempora ...

Prince Makonnen Prince Makonnen Haile Selassie, Duke of Harar ( baptismal name: ''Araya Yohannes''; 16 October 1924 – 13 May 1957) was the second son, and second-youngest child, of Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and Empress Menen Asfaw. He was made ' ...

* Officers **

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John Qvale John Ottar Qvale Member of the Royal Victorian Order, MVO (14 July 191114 October 1997) was a Norwegian police chief and judge. He was born in Oslo, Kristiania as a son of merchant John Qvale (1884–1915) and Karen Berg (1884–1958). In 1939 he ...

* Members * Unclassified **

Leonid Artamonov Leonid Konstantinovich Artamonov (russian: Леони́д Константи́нович Артамо́нов; 25 February 1859 – 1 January 1932) was a Russian military engineer, adviser and general, geographer and traveler, explorer of Africa, ...

William Horwood (police commissioner) Brigadier-General Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood, (9 November 1868 – 16 November 1943) was a British Army officer who also served as Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of London's Metropolitan Police, from 1920 to 1928. Mili ...

** Harald Juell **

Gordon MacCreagh Gordon MacCreagh (1889 in Perth, IndianaEllis, Doug. ''The Best of Adventure, Volume 2 - 1913-1914''. Black Dog Books, 2012. (p.13,18-9). – 1953) was an American writer. MacCreagh was the son of Scottish parents, possibly born in Perth, Ind ...

Mary of Teck Mary of Teck (Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes; 26 May 186724 March 1953) was Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Empress of India, from 6 May 1910 until 20 January 1936 as the wife of King-Empe ...

Georgios Prokopiou Georgios Prokopiou (Greek: Γεώργιος Προκοπίου; 1876, in İzmir, Smyrna – 20 December 1940, near Tepelenë) was a Greek war artist, photographer and documentary film maker. He also served as court painter to Emperor Menelik ...

George C. Thorpe George Cyrus Thorpe (January 7, 1875 – July 28, 1936) was a United States Marine Corps officer during the Spanish–American War and the Philippine–American War. He was an early writer on military logistics. He was one of 23 Marine Corps offi ...

References

Literature

* ''Honneur & Gloire. Les trésors de la collection Spada'', Paris: Musée national de la Légion d’honneur et des ordres de chevalerie, 2008, p. 354–355. * «Ethiopian Imperial Orders» i Guy Stair Sainty og Rafal Heydel-Mankoo: ''World Orders of Knighthood and Merit'', andre bind, Buckingham: Burke's Peerage, 2006, p. 779–781. * Gregor Gatscher-Riedl: '' Die Orden des äthiopischen Kaiserreichs und der salomonidischen Dynastie.'' In: Zeitschrift der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Ordenskunde, Nr. 91, Wien, August 2013, p. 1-22.

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