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JabaliHunter
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Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia
02/07/15 07:09 AM

I guess the context is that Ethiopia was one of the first countries to adopt Christianity, in the 3rd or 4th century I think. Before that, the lion of Judah was the symbol of the Jewish tribe of Judah, and Ethiopian Jews are thought to be one of the lost tribes of Israel. I think Jesus was referred to in the bible as the lion of the tribe of Judah too. Then later the Emperor Haile Selassie also became known as the lion of Judah as the Rastafarians believed him to be the human incarnation of God, i.e. Jesus.

So much of the history of Ethiopia is contained in the symbols carved onto this rifle...

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unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	feinejagdwaffen	10/02/14 09:48 PM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	Igorrock	10/02/14 10:03 PM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	feinejagdwaffen	10/02/14 10:05 PM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	Igorrock	10/02/14 10:38 PM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	Old_Glass	23/02/15 04:49 PM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	Ash	25/02/15 10:39 PM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	NitroX	04/03/15 09:18 PM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	Ash	04/03/15 11:56 PM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	Old_Glass	30/06/15 02:12 AM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	kuduae	30/06/15 07:44 PM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	Old_Glass	01/07/15 06:03 AM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	JabaliHunter	02/07/15 07:09 AM
Re: unique commercial mauser from king Menlik of Ethiopia	kuduae	02/07/15 07:34 AM

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