ALT Alfred Ilg in Neuchâtel 🇨🇭, accompanied by his young wife Fanny and three Ethiopian princes: Lidj Gugsii, Lidj Qetiiw, Afa-Warq, together with another woman, most probably their host. (c) Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich

ALT Engineer Ilg's proposal to establish diplomatic relations with Abyssinia is discussed by the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs FDFA, 1892 (c) Dodis

ALT The house of the Ilg family in Addis Ababa 🇪🇹 (Fanny Ilg standing in front), by Alfred Ilg (c) Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich

ALT The Hol Hol railway bridge, Djibouti, by Alfred Ilg (c) Ethnographic Museum of the University of Zurich

ALT 1. Attempt by a private individual to establish official relations between Switzerland and Ethiopia, 1930

ALT 2. Exchange of instruments of ratification of the Treaty of Friendship and Trade between Switzerland and Ethiopia, 1934

ALT 1. Beat de Fischer presents his diplomatic credentials to Emperor Haile Selassie, 1952

ALT 2. Swiss Legation in Ethiopia: Annual report for 1952

ALT 1. The Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie, during his visit to Switzerland. In the background, Swiss Foreign Minister Max Petitpierre.

ALT 2. Lunch hosted by the Council of State of the Republic and Canton of Geneva and the Administrative Council of the City of Geneva in honour of His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia. Sunday, 29 November 1954, at 2 p.m.

ALT 3. Visit by Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister Dinka to Bern, 10 November 1987