Portrait of Haile Selassie I (ne Tafari Makonnen, 1892-1975) (last Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1936 and from 1941 to 1974), in large court dress, wearing the great cord of the Legion of Honour and the insignia of the Grand Cross, when it was proclaimed negus negesti (king of kings), this photo served as a model for striking a coin. effigy. Photograph Roseman, for the cover of the weekly VU, director Lucien Vogel (1886-1954), number 31, date 17/10/1928. Selva Collection.