Grant of Personal Armorial Bearings

The Crown Council of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ዘውድ ምክርቤት) began in late 2020 (2013 in the Ethiopian Julian calendar) to consolidate its Registers and Rolls of Honours in order to add a definitive register and discipline in managing the symbols and rights of these Honours.

To do this, it created the embracing Ethiopian Crown Honours Office [ECHO] (የኢትዮጵያ ዘውድ የክብር እውቅና ቢሮ), directly under the President of the Crown Council and Sovereign of the Imperial Ethiopian Orders and Solomonic Family Orders. Thus, the function of maintaining the Rolls and Registers of Orders, Decorations, and Medals, and the function of maintaining the Rolls and Regulations of the Offices and Peerages — those promulgated by the Shumet (ሹመት) — of the Solomonic Crown have been united into a single office, directly under the Crown.

The Office thus researches the historical precedence and records of the applications and protocols relating to various ranks, orders of precedence, and courtesies, including forms of address and insignia, regalia, and the like, of all relevant aspects of nobility, chivalric life, and Solomonic recognition.

The Office functions, during the Interregnum and while the Crown is in the Diaspora, through The International Society for the Imperial Ethiopian Orders [የኢትዮጵያ ዘውድ የክብር ተሸላሚዎች አለምአቀፍ ድርጅት], a US legal, non-profit, tax-exempt entity for the purposes of operations, and for tax and charitable status. Its President and Officers are considered Members of the Solomonic Household. Their duties include the establishment and pursuance of research into Ethiopian cultural, genealogical, and other historical matters, both of the various Ethiopian Peoples, at home and in the Diaspora.

Interested parties are invited to visit the ECHO portion of The Crown Council of Ethiopia’s website at https://www.ethiopiancrown.org/echo

Grantee

His Excellency David Robert Wooten, Jericho Officer of Honour

Blazon

Azure, fretty raguly Or on a Traditional Ethiopian Round Shield ensigned by an Anfarro proper, flying therefrom to sinister 3 pennons Vert, Or, and Gules, the sash of a Knight Grand Cordon of the Ethiopian Lion encircling the Shield, the Riband and Insignia of same pendant below the base of the Shield, behind which a pair of spears in saltire, with spear-tips in gold; and for Supporters: On a compartment a pair of Black Maned Ethiopian Lions [Panthera leo roosevelti] salient; and for a Motto: “Melior Nullo, Nullus Melior,” below which is pendent the Insignia of the Order of the Star of Honour of Ethiopia; and for a Badge: Argent, a Temminck’s Pangolin[Smutsia temminckii] intortant proper, within a broad circular scroll Azure, fimbriated Or, with the motto “Melior Nullo Nullus Melior” inscribed upon it around the whole surmounting a wreath of Teff stalks proper and ensigned with an Anfarro proper, flying therefrom to sinister 3 pennons Vert, Or, and Gules.

ደማቅ ሰማያዊ ቀለም ባለው ጋሻ ላይ የተጠላለፉ ቀጫጭንና ወርቃማ ጥርብ ቅርንጫፎች ሲኖሩት፤ ከመሰረቱ ደግሞ ክብ የሆነ የኢትዮጵያ ባህላዊ ጋሻ ላይ አንፋሮ ወይም የአንበሳ ጎፈር ተቀምጦበታል፡፡ አንፋሮው በተቀመጠበት በቀኝ በኩል፤ ሮዝ፤ አረንጓዴ፤ ቢጫና ቀይ ሪባን ታስሯል፡፡ የኢትዮጵያ አንበሳ ከፍተኛ የክብር መስቀል ሪባን በጋሻው ዙሪያ ይታያል፡፡ ከጋሻው በታች በኩል በአረንጓዴ ቢጫና ቀይ ሪባን የታሰረ መስቀል ተንጠልጥሏል፡፡ በግራና በቀኝ በኩል ደግሞ ጫፎቻቸው ወርቃማ የሆኑ ሁለት ሰይፎች ይገኛሉ፡፡ ከመሬት ሁለት የፊት እግሮቻቸውን ያነሱ ጥቁር ጎፈር ያላቸው የኢትዮጵያ አንበሶች ደግሞ የጋሻው ደጋፊ ሆነው ይታያሉ፡፡ የክብር ጋሻ አርማው መሪ ቃል፡ “ከእኔ የሚበልጥ የለም፤ እኔም ከማንም አልበልጥም” የሚል ነው፡፡ ከመሪ-ቃሉ በታች፤ የኢትዮጵያ ናይት የክብር ኮከብ ኮማንደር የማእረግ ኒሻን ተንጠልጥሏል፡፡ ባጁ ደግሞ ብርአማ የተሚንክ ፓንጎሊን የወርቅ ጠርዞች ባለው ሰፊ ሰማያዊ ክብ ቦታ ውስጥ “ከእኔ የሚበልጥ የለም፤ እኔም ከማንም አልበልጥም” በሚል በወርቃማ ፊደላት በተጻፈ መሪ ቃል ቀጥሎ ባለው ቦታ ጠምዘዝ ብሎና አረፍ ብሎ ይታያል፡፡ ሁሉም ነገር በለጋ የጤፍ ሰብል ዛሎች የተከበበ ሲሆን ከላይ ጫፍ ደግሞ አንፋሮ ወይም የአንበሳ ጎፈር ተቀምጦበታል፡፡ አንፋሮው በተቀመጠበት በቀኝ በኩል፤ አረንጓዴ ቢጫና ቀይ ሪባን ታስሯል፡፡

Registration Information

№ IN005

1 January 2025 / 23 ታኅሣሥ 2017

Emblazonment

Jericho Officer of Honour

Recipient Type

Individual

Other Information

Designed by Jericho Officer of Honour