HAILE SELASSIE ETHIOPIAN ORDER MENELIK II COMMANDER+RBN

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I'LL BE GLAD TO SHARE THE HISTORY OF THE ORDER OF MENELIK II (AS RECORDED IN ORDERS OF ALL NATIONS BY ROBERT WERLICH) WITH THE WINNER OF THE AUCTION.   It is one of the oldest and highest orders of chivalry of Royal Ethiopia.

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I am blessed to have a tiny part of my archive on display at the Smithsonian Institute's Natural History Museum as part of their DISCOVERING RASTAFARI exhibition.  Please go check it out any time you're near Washington, D.C.  The display has been successful enough that they are extending it's display time from one year to three.

Discovering Rastafari!

Exhibit: November 2, 2007 - AT LEAST through Nov. 2, 2010!

Using artifacts, rare photographs, and ephemera to explore the origins and religious practices of the movement in Jamaica, this exhibition takes viewers beyond the popular Jamaican music known as reggae to the deeper roots of the Rastafari culture. Video footage featuring first-person testimony from male and female Rastafari of different ages, nationalities, and racial and class backgrounds speak to Rastafari of unity and to the spread of the movement across the Caribbean and beyond over the past three decades.

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Like everything I offer, this IS a special and tangible artifact of history.  Haile Selassie I means Power of the Trinity and Ethiopia, formerly known as Abyssinia, has one of the oldest forms of the Bible and is proud of being one of the oldest Christian nations on Earth.

Of interest to Ethiopia collectors of all types, militaria collectors, Royalty collectors,  reggae lovers and Rastafarians, this piece comes highly recommended from this active collector of items relating to Ethiopia, Haile Selassie I, Reggae, Rastafari, Jamaica and Africa.

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Please ask ANY questions before bidding?  All winning bids constitute a contract and payment is ACTUALLY expected within 10 days for domestic bidders and 20 days for foreign bidders.

Domestic shipping and handling is FREE FOR THIS ONE ITEM!!, and it will be well protected.  Confirmation of delivery is an extra .45 cents and insurance is DEFINITELY AVAILABLE AT EXTRA COST so the item is sent at the buyers risk if you don't take it.  I never take it, and it's worked out well for me overall.  I'm also an excellent packer, and you know that makes a difference in ALL items you buy online.   

Foreign shipping expense will be determined after the auction end, but it typically costs about 9.00 plus insurance if needed.

Multiple auction wins of similar shaped items within a week or 10 days can EASILY be combined to save on shipping expenses if you tell me to wait for the second or third item up.  Of course some of my other auctions frequently offer Ethiopian and Haile Selassie I-related books, Royal Ethiopian orders of chivalry, medals and periodicals. 

PLEASE SEE MY OTHER AUCTIONS FOR OTHER SPECIAL ITEMS RELATING TO ETHIOPIA, RAS TAFARI, HAILE SELASSIE I OR REGGAE?

"Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph."

Haile Selassie I
Addressing the United Nations
4 Oct 63

Thank you for your time, your serious interest and especially your bids.  This all helps to support my archive of living history, both Ethiopian and Reggae.

I'm a long time member of Reggae Ambassadors Worldwide, and the Ethiopian Philatelic Society, both of which I highly recommend to people interested in those fields.