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Order of the Seal of Solomon

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Royal house
  
House of Solomon

Sovereign
  
Emperor of Ethiopia

Religious affiliation
  
Ethiopian Orthodox

Established
  
1874

Type
  
Order presented to heads of state

Grades
  
Knight Grand Cordon Grand Officer Commander Officer Chevalier (Knight)

The Order of the Seal of Solomon is an order of knighthood of the Ethiopian Empire. Founded in 1874, it was the highest honour presented until the Order of Solomon, previously awarded has the highest class of the order with the special class of Collar, was made an independent order in 1930 by Emperor Haile Selassie.

The Solomonic dynasty, the ancient Imperial House of Ethiopia, claims descent from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, said to have given birth to King Menelik I after her visit to Solomon in Jerusalem.

Description

The badge of the order is a gold Star of David with a cross bottony in the center enameled green with a central gold Latin cross. The badge was suspended by the Ethiopian crown in gold. The plaque bears the badge of the order on a gold star with rays. The ribbon is solid green. Lower grades of the order had the central cross botton enameled.

References

Order of the Seal of Solomon Wikipedia