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France
Compagnie Impériale des Chemins de Fer Éthiopiens
established in 1896; Action de 500 Francs,
Paris, 1899; size: 32 by 42 cm.; 23 by 15 cm engraving by the famous military
painter and illustrator Louis Charles Bombled (1862-1927) of the Ethiopian
emperor Menelik II awaiting an oncoming train on his horse, accompanied
by merchants with camels. Imprimerie Chaise, Paris; coupons on the back,
condition EF: unfolded, price 135 Euro.
The Swiss engineer Alfred Ilg, minister under emperor Menelik II, convinced
him to build this railway from the coast inland bound, ca. 78 km. over mountans
2.424 m. high. It was a small size track from Djibouti, along Harare, Antotto
and Kaffa to the White Nile and Addis Abeba. The money was raised in France
that had a strategic interest in the area after the Abessinian war with
Italy. The track was completed in 1917, one year aftter the death of Alfred
Ilg. (source: Benecke & Rehse, 2004).
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