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| | The Crown Council of Ethiopia |
 | | The Italians, however, failed to recognise that Emperor Menelik II had re-shaped Ethiopia since he came to power in 1889, uniting its various kings and leaders, and creating in the process a substantial army, outnumbering and outperforming the invading Italian professional army of 17,000 to 20,000 men. |
 | | President Anwar as-Sadat totally transformed the education, training, equipment and doctrine of the Egyptian Armed Forces, without Soviet help (Soviet advisors had been expelled in 1972), within six years of the defeat. |
 | | President Nelson Mandela, of South Africa, was awarded the Medal with the Royal Riband by virtue of his stature as a Prince of the Xhosa nation. |
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