Kaiser Wilhelm I's Rack of Medals

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Elizabelo_II

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Posted 1506949499	Reply with quote #1

Looking at this picture I realised the sheer immensity of the Emperor's medals and wished to ask if anyone would have an idea what these medals would specifically be.

Peter

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No clue. When I saw the title I thought it read 'lack of medals'. Huh? He would have started getting medals when he was, like, six. And he lived a long time. Oh, rack of medals, I then saw. That made sense.

Elizabelo_II

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Posted 1506965043 · Edited	Reply with quote #3

Quote: Originally Posted by Peter No clue. When I saw the title I thought it read 'lack of medals'. Huh? He would have started getting medals when he was, like, six. And he lived a long time. Oh, rack of medals, I then saw. That made sense. I wonder, had he lived a bit longer, would he need to get an extension going off to the side to hold more of them, you know, like a metal antena. : P

sir_Roman_D

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Posted 1507085267	Reply with quote #4

Leonid Brezhnev was not the Emperor. But he had much more medals. __________________ Non Nobis, Domine, Non Nobis, Sed Nomini Tuo Da Gloriam!

Ethiomonarchist

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Posted 1508164192 · Edited	Reply with quote #5

Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was also long lived and very well traveled, which contributed to the multitude of decorations he accumulated between September 1916 when he became Regent and Heir to the throne, through his downfall in September 1974. Here is a display of some of them from the Jubilee Palace museum (not yet open to the public). The top row are his Ethiopian orders and medals. There were more, but they didn't fit in this photograph. __________________ The Lion of Judah hath prevailed. Ethiopia stretches her hands unto God (Quote from Psalm 68 which served as the Imperial Motto of the Ethiopian Empire) "God and history shall remember your judgment." (Quote from Emperor Haile Selassie I's speech to the League of Nations to plead for assistance against the Italian Invasion, 1936.)

Queenslander

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Posted 1508167001	Reply with quote #6

Ethiomonarchist- An impressive set there, I recognize a couple, UK, Indian Empire and I think a Portuguese one, but I regret to say, like the late Emperor Himself the others have also have faded into history mostly as well, more is the pity as they made a real impression upon me. __________________ Yours Sincerely Queenslander

Elizabelo_II

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Quote: Originally Posted by Ethiomonarchist Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was also long lived and very well traveled, which contributed to the multitude of decorations he accumulated between September 1916 when he became Regent and Heir to the throne, through his downfall in September 1974. Here is a display of some of them from the Jubilee Palace museum (not yet open to the public). The top row are his Ethiopian orders and medals. There were more, but they didn't fit in this photograph. I wonder if the Emperor decided to put all of them on, just how much they would all weigh.

Ethiomonarchist

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Quote: Originally Posted by Ethiomonarchist Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was also long lived and very well traveled, which contributed to the multitude of decorations he accumulated between September 1916 when he became Regent and Heir to the throne, through his downfall in September 1974. Here is a display of some of them from the Jubilee Palace museum (not yet open to the public). The top row are his Ethiopian orders and medals. There were more, but they didn't fit in this photograph. I wonder if the Emperor decided to put all of them on, just how much they would all weigh. The Emperor was not a large man at all, I don't think he would have been able to bear the weight. __________________ The Lion of Judah hath prevailed. Ethiopia stretches her hands unto God (Quote from Psalm 68 which served as the Imperial Motto of the Ethiopian Empire) "God and history shall remember your judgment." (Quote from Emperor Haile Selassie I's speech to the League of Nations to plead for assistance against the Italian Invasion, 1936.)

Elizabelo_II

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Posted 1508248073	Reply with quote #9

Quote: Originally Posted by Ethiomonarchist The Emperor was not a large man at all, I don't think he would have been able to bear the weight. I beg your pardon for imagining the situation rather humorously.

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