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Selassie, Haile I

Date of birth:
July 23rd, 1892 (Ejersa Goro/Harar, Ethiopian Empire)
Date of death:
August 27th, 1975 (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)
Buried on:
Holy Trinity Cathedral (Addis Ababa)
Nationality:
Ethiopian

Biography

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Awarded on:
1909
Order of the Star of Ethiopia - Grand Cross
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1917
Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG)
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1917
Ordine della Corona d'Italia - Cavaliere della Croce Grande
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
1918
Grand Officier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
May 3rd, 1924
Nishan al-Muhammad'Ali - Knight Grand Cordon
Awarded on:
May 25th, 1924
Ordre du Lion d'or de la Maison de Nassau
Awarded on:
August 19th, 1924
Basilikon Tagma toy Soteros - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
1924
Ordine dei Santi Maurizio e Lazzaro - Cavaliere di gran croce
Awarded on:
1924
Grootlint in de Leopoldsorde / Grand cordon de l'Ordre de Léopold
Awarded on:
1924
Grand Cross of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (GCB, civil division)
Awarded on:
1924
Grand Croix de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
Awarded on:
1924
Grã-Cruz da Ordem Militar de Avis
Awarded on:
1925
Ordem Militar da Torre e Espada - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
1928
Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunziata
Awarded on:
1930
Order of Solomon
Awarded on:
1930
Royal Victorian Chain
Awarded on:
1930
Daikun'i kikkashō - Grand Cordon
Awarded on:
1930
Nishan al-Muhammad'Ali - Knight Grand Cordon with Collar
Awarded on:
1930
Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw - Ridder Grootkruis (NL.1)
Awarded on:
1930
Order Orla Bialego
Awarded on:
1930
Order Odrodzenia Polski Wielki
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 22nd, 1945
Sanct Olavs Orden Grand Cross
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945

With bronze palm
Croix de Guerre (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1949
Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun suurristi ketjuineen (SVR SR ketj)
Awarded on:
1950
Order of Merit - Extraordinary Grade
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
August 9th, 1951
"For exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from December 1941 to May 1951."

Department of the Army: General Orders No. 73
Legion of Merit - Chief Commander (LoM - CC)
Awarded on:
June 2nd, 1953
Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Medal 1953
Awarded on:
November 3rd, 1954
Grootkruis der Militaire Willems Orde (MWO.1)
Awarded on:
October 28th, 1954
Medal of Military Merit 1st Class
Awarded on:
1954
Médaille Militaire
Awarded on:
1954
Sonderstufe des Großkreuzes des Verdienstordens der BRD
Awarded on:
1954

Stranger Knight
Order of the Garter
Awarded on:
1954
Elefantordenen
Awarded on:
1954
Kungliga Serafimerorden
Awarded on:
1954
Orden Mexicana del Águila Azteca - Chain
Awarded on:
1954
Groß-Stern des Ehrenzeichens für Verdienste um die Republik Österreich
Awarded on:
1954
Ceskoslovenský rád Bilého lva, 1st Class
Awarded on:
1955
Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana
Awarded on:
1956
Daikun'i kikkashō - Collar
Awarded on:
1956
Order of Merit for National Foundation - 1st class
Awarded on:
1956
Awarded on:
1958
Bao quoc Huan chuong, Knight Grand Cross
Awarded on:
August 16th, 1958
Order of the Crown of the Realm
Awarded on:
1958
Grande Colar del Ordem Nacional do Cruzeiro do Sul
Awarded on:
1958
Nishan-e-Pakistan
Awarded on:
1958
Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna
Awarded on:
1958
Order of Thiri Thudhamma - Grand Commander
Awarded on:
1958
Order of Sikatuna - Grand Collar
Awarded on:
1958
The Most Illustrious Order of the Royal House of Chakri
Awarded on:
August 10th, 1959
Banda das Três Ordens
Awarded on:
1959
Basilikon Tagma toy Soteros - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
1959
Orden Suvorova 1
Awarded on:
1960
Order of the Somali Star - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
1962
Wissam al-Mohammadi - Special Class
Awarded on:
May 22nd, 1963
Kiladat El Nil - Collar
Awarded on:
1964
Order of the Shield and Spears - Commander
Awarded on:
1964
Order of the Flag of the Republic of Hungary - I class
Awarded on:
1964
Order of Pahlavi - 1st Class
Awarded on:
1964
Ordinul Steaua României - 1st class
Awarded on:
1964
Wisam al-Istiqlal - Grand Cordon
Awarded on:
1966
National Order of Honour and Merit - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
1966
Order of Jean-Jacques Dessalines the Great
Awarded on:
1966
Order of the Condor of the Andes - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
1966
Collar to the Order of Merit
Awarded on:
1966
Order of Golden Heart of Kenya - 1st class
Awarded on:
1966
Order of the Sun of Peru - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
1966
Order of the Liberator - Collar
Awarded on:
1968
Grand Order of Mugunghwa
Awarded on:
1970
Order of the Star of Ghana - Companion
Awarded on:
1970
Ordine di Pio IX - Cavaliere di Gran Croce
Awarded on:
1970
Orden del Libertador General San Martín - Collar
Awarded on:
1970
Wisam Al Rafidain - I Class
Awarded on:
1970
Chain of Honour
Awarded on:
April 27th, 1971
Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III - Collar
Awarded on:
October 14th, 1971
Commemorative Order 2,500 years of the Iranian Empire
Awarded on:
1971
Order of King Abdulaziz - 1st Class
Awarded on:
January 5th, 1972
United Nations Peace Medal
Awarded on:
1972
Order of the Source of the Nile - Grand Commander
Period:
First World War (1914-1918)
Awarded on:
December 11th, 1917
Order of the Queen of Sheba - Grand Cordon
Awarded on:
1924
Order of Menelik II - Knight Grand Cross
Awarded on:
October 30th, 1930
Grand Cross to the Order of Solomon's seal
Awarded on:
1930
Order of the Holy Trinity - Grand Cross
Order of Fidelity
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1941
Star of Victory 1941
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)

3 clasps, last in 1941
Distinguished Military Medal of Haile Selassie I
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944

5 palms
Medal for Patriotism
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944

5 palms
Medal for Underground Patriotism 1941
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1944
The Refugee's Medal
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
July 17th, 1959
Croix de Guerre 1940
Awarded on:
1954
Order of the Yugoslav Star - Great Star

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