Price: 12.50 euro Size box: 12×7.5cm./4.7×2.9inch. Size medal: 3.7cm./1.45inch. Weight: 91gr./3.2oz. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Medal still in it’s original box. The text on the medal reads:”For serving home”. This is a medal known as the “Medal for Service to the Homeland Class 2”. It was awarded for acts of military merit and/or long service. It features the “wolf’s tooth flag” that is the standard of Hungarian military action since medieval times. Three classes exist: Class III bronze with green ribbon, Class II silver with blue ribbon and Class I gold with orange ribbon.
Price: 12.50 euro Size box: 12×7.5cm./4.7×2.9inch. Size medal: 4cm./1.57inch. Weight: 75gr./2.64oz. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Medal made in Hungary. This medal was awarded for “52 Years of Service” in the Worker Guardians. multi-part construction. enamel on brass. The belongs to one of the most interesting parts of the labor system of the Peoples Republic of Hungary. It was a badge worn by a “Worker Guardian”. A worker guardian was a worker, who has not enlisted in the military, who trained like the military for the necessity of civil defense. during the administration of Janos Kadar, the military budget of Hungary was drastically reduced in order to raise the living standards of the citizens. Millions of Hungarian workers (organized by trade unions) trained with rifles, mortars, machine guns, and even artillery to support the regular military in the event of an invasion.
Price: 5.00 euro Size box: 8x7cm./3.1×2.7inch. Size medal: 2.5x2cm./0.9×0.7inch. Weight: 51gr./1.79oz. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Medal made in Hungary. This is a blood donations medal produced by the government of the Peoples Republic of Hungary. There are three classes to this medal: bronze for 10, silver for 15, and gold for 20 blood donations. In a Socialist system, the idea of sharing and collectivization is the basis for all aspects of life.
Price: 12.50 euro Size box: 12×7.5cm./4.7×2.9inch. Size medal: 4cm./1.57inch. Weight: 89gr./3.13oz. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Medal made in Hungary. This is a “Public Security Medal, Class II” awarded by the Peoples Republic of Hungary. The recipient would have been a police officer of the Interior Ministry, which included everyday cops, for twenty years of service without any major discipline. Bronze and gold classes also exist.
Price: 12.50 euro Size box: 11×8.5cm./4.3×3.3inch. Size medal: 3.2cm./1.25inch. Weight: 97gr./3.42oz. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Medal made in Hungary. The text on the medal reads:”Excellent worker of collective industry”. The large medal size was only to be worn on holidays and special occasions. The small medal was intended for everyday wear. Awarded by the Peoples Republic of Hungary (1949-1989) for exemplary labor in collectives. there are several variations available for this award (different medals used, etc). three-piece construction of enamel on brass and aluminum.
Price: 12.50 euro Size box: 10.5x7cm./4.1×2.7inch. Size medal: 3.5cm./1.37inch. Weight: 75gr./2.9oz. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Medal made in Hungary. The text on the medal reads:”For flood protection”. This Medal was originally founded to recognize the extraordinary emergency efforts of civilians and military personnel in response to the 1954 Danube floods. In 1955, the statutes of the Medal were altered, and the medal’s inscription was changed, in order to expand the eligibility of the Medal to individuals who would provide aid and service in future floods; such as the 1956 Mohacs island floods. On June 20, 1965, the obverse design and inscription of the medal was altered permanently. Thus, there are two main models of the medal. The medals awarded from 1954 to 1965, depict a man carrying a child out of flood waters on the obverse medallion. The obverse inscription from 1954 reads “1954 EV DUNAI ARVIZVEDELEMERT,” and the obverse inscription from 1955-1965 reads ” DUNAI ARVIZVEDELEMERT.” The medals awarded from 1965 to 1989, depict a man working to create a flood wall on the obverse medallion, and feature the obverse inscription “ARVIZVEDELEMERT.”
Price: 10.00 euro Size box: 10.5x7cm./4.1×2.7inch. Size medal: 4cm./1.57inch. Weight: 83gr./2.9oz. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Medal made in Hungary. The text on the medal reads:”Excellent Blood Donor”. This type of medal came in three classes. Bronze, silver and gold. This is the bronze edition.
Price: 32.00 euro Size box: 20x13cm./7.8×5.1inch. Size medal: 13.5×6.5cm./5.3×2.5inch. Weight: 483gr./17oz. For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Tablemedal made in Hungary. Soviet and Hungarian women release pigeons together in friendship. Bronze plaque signed in original box. The original monument stands at a museum.
Tablemedal made in Hungary by Miklos Borsos. With the image of Stalin and a date (1949). Miklos Borsos (1906-1990) was a Hungarian sculptor and medallist. His style integrated elements of archaic art and classicism with modern elements. Borsos made use of all sculptural genres. He developed embossing of copper plates (which was a rare technique at that point in history), and produced a number of sculptures for public places and sepulchral monuments focusing on a modern environmental culture which often bore a deep personal message and reflected great intimacy (combining symbolic motifs of natural life, as well as cultural values). Human and animal figures were common subject, and his forté was not in fine detail but in creating overall masterpieces. Borsos also became focused on portrait art during the late 1950s and 1960s, where his work integrated aspects of nature, atmosphere, as well as cultural and spiritual traditions into a new genre of sculptural art. In 1979, Borsos opened the Miklos Borsos Art Gallery in Győr. It is situated in the oldest neighbourhood of the city and is now the Miklós Borsos City Art Museum. Miklos was awarded the title Artist of Merit of the Hungarian People’s Republic in 1967.
Medal/plaque in it’s original box from Hungary. Beautifully depicted, a hand protecting a motherand child against bombs and nuclear weapons. Plaque is made of bronze.
Table medal from Hungary made in 1960. Solid chromed with bronze honor branch along the side. Under a ribbon in Hungarian colors that goes with a bow around the honor. Beautiful with coat of arms of Communist Hungary. Socialist brigade plaque in original box.
Military shooting competition shield in box. Solid chrome plated with bronze honorary branch along the side. Underneath a ribbon in Hungarian colors that goes around the honorary oak branch with a bow.
Hungarian table medal 30 years Association of Wood and Paper Cooperatives under Soviet supervision in box. Signed BM Communist Hungary. Medal is made of bronze. Large and heavy.
Table medal from Hungary made in 1977.” Budapest International Fall Fair September 16-25, 1977″ Commemorative medal in original box. Medal is made of bronze.
Hungarian table medal. About the military Soviet liberation Hungary. Heavy bronze plaque in box. Signed by artist BGY. Celebration 40 years after the liberation of Hungary by the Soviet Union. On the back the date and an image of the monument “Soviet and Hungarian women who release pigeons together in friendship”.
Price: 12.50 euro Size box: 8.5cm./3.3inch. Size big pin: 3.5cm./1.3inch. Size small pin: 2cm./0.7inch. Weight: 68gr./2.3oz.
Medal from Hungary in it’s original box. The text on the award reads:”Internal Trade Excellent Worker”. This is an award for “For an Excellent Worker of the Domestic Trade”, struck by the Peoples Republic of Hungary. It was awarded for distribution work in a planned economy.
Hungary medal and a pin in it’s original box. The Hungarian Young Communist League (KISZ) was a communist youth movement in Hungary. It was founded on 21 March 1957 (on the anniversary of the Hungarian Soviet Republic’s declaration in 1919), following the break of 1956 Hungarian Revolution. It claimed to represent all the country’s youth and sought to educate young people politically and to supervise political as well as some social activities for them. KISZ was the most important source of new members for the party. Its organizational framework paralleled that of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party and included a congress, central committee, secretariat, and regional and local committees. Membership was open to youth from the ages of fourteen to twenty-six years, but most of the full-time leaders of the organization were well over the age limit. In the 1980s, KISZ had about 800,000 members. Membership was common among students (96% at universities, 75% in high schools) but was lower among young people already working (31%). It was mandatory for university admittance.
Price: 12.50 euro Size box: 10x7cm./3.9×2.7inch. Weight: 122gr./4.3oz.
Table medal in solid plexiglas box. Hungary communist medal for participation in a Socialist Workers Brigade. The text on the medal reads:”Socialism”. Workers at a work place were divided in workers brigades. Some big factory could have more than 100 brigades. The most productive brigades were awarded with these medals. The organisation instilled socialist politics into its members such as working hard to build a better future for all fellow socialists and the idea of an extended friendship towards other like minded individuals. The socialist workers brigade started in 1959.
Price: 29.00 euro Size: 4.2cm./1.6inch. Weight: 28gr./0.9oz.
Table medal about the departure of the Russians from Hungary. The “gold” medal reads:”Peace With You” in Latin and Hungarian. On one side mockingly sees a column of Soviet tanks making a trail through Eastern Europe returning to Russia. The other side is offensive. A thick Soviet head with wart on the neck complete with large military cap. It says “End” in Russian. They only dared to release this when the Soviet had actually left, very rare and sought after medal in excellent condition in original case. Artist’s name can be seen on both sides.
Bronze table medal 1898-1973 mars uprising with flag and star. Hungarian Transport Workers’ Union 75 Years still in it’s original box. Plaque comes in a kind of velvet box with gold along the edges. Inside lined with kind of red satin. The back of the medal reads:”Transport and transportation workers. The existence of the trade union anniversary”.
Price: 22.50 euro Size: 10.5cm./4.1oz. Weight: 195gr./6.8oz.
Medal issued by the Hungarian Socialist Workers Party. The front of the medal reads:”Effective Propaganda Work”. The paper reads:”On the anniversary of Lenin’s birthday. County Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party”.
Price: 31.00 euro Size: 10.8cm./4.2inch. Weight: 260gr./9.1oz.
Thick and heavy tabe medal from Hungary. On the front there is anti aircraft guns together with a search light. The meda is signatured by the artist. On the back there is the text:”Nagykanizsa” wich is a town in Hungary. The building in the backgroud is the railway station.
Price: 22.00 euro Size: 7.5cm./2.9inch. Weight: 260gr./9.1oz.
Table medal from Hungary cold war era. On the front of the medal an armour vehicle can been seen along with some sodiers. On the back the text reads:”Hungarian People ‘s Army 4127″ and “Kiskunfélegyháza”. Kiskunfélegyháza is a town in Hungary.
Price: 29.00 euro Size: 9.5cm./3.7inch. Weight: 584gr./20.5oz.
Military triangular table medal with Coat of Arms of the Hungarian People’s Army and with Soldiers head. The medal reads:”Hungarian People’s Army”. The Hungarian People’s Army was the military of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party and the Hungarian People’s Republic from 1951 to 1990. It only saw combat once during its existence, which was assisting the Soviet Union in crushing the Prague Spring. It dissolved in 1989.
Price: 65.00 euro Size: 10cm./3.9inch. Weight: 220gr./7.7oz.
Short biography of Lajos Rotter Sr. (1901-1983). Lajos Rotter’s interest in aviation became evident in his high school days, when he built elaborate aeromodels and spent his summer vacations in aircraft factories as an apprentice. His high school graduation coincided with the end of the First World War. After the war, he was enrolled in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Technical University of Budapest. During his years at university, he studied broad aspects of aviation using his command of four languages. He was one of the founders of the Sportflying Association (MSrE) of the Technical University in 1921. His first book “Vitorlázórepülés” (Gliding) was published by the Hungarian Aero Association. When the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport invited designs for gliders in 1922 to a design competition, Rotter presented a design together with a fellow student István Ágotay. The design has been accepted. His professional career more or less followed the pattern of the pre-war years, but after 1956 he was denied industrial posts. Between 1949 and 1952 he was technical director of the Hungarian aircraft repair shop Székesfehérvár. He was an acclaimed lecturer at the Technical University of Budapest in the field of precision engineering. He kept in touch with gliding and was active in several organizations promoting gliding: Hungarian Aviation Association, Aircraft Section of the Scientific Association for Mechanical Engineering, Association for Transport Sciences, Transport Museum, to name a few. After 1960, he occasionally flew in gliders abroad, but this activity of his was interrupted by a stroke that left him paralyzed. He died in 1983.
Price: 15.00 euro Size: 7cm./2.7inch. Weight: 102gr./3.5oz.
Bronze Hungarian table medal with the image of Lenin. Issued in 1975. On the back of the medal there is the following text:”In Recognition Of Outstanding Political Work”.
Medal from Hungary made in 1985 about the monument St. George the dragon slayer wich stands in Budapest. This monument, large in size, was built in 1904 on the site of the presumed murder of Bishop Gellert in the 11th century.The monument overlooks the Elisabeth Bridge and can be seen from all over the city.
Propaganda bronze medal Woman with laurel branch 1970. Signature on the bridge “Jeckel” in box.This includes a pin and document. Pin with picture Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx.
The document says:”Anniversary memory. In the cooperative movement for doing effective work”.We offer another ornament from the same person, click on the photo:
Medal from Hungary. This is a “Order of Labor, Silver (Class 2)” awarded by the Hungarian Peoples Republic. it was first established in 1948, during the Hungarian 2nd Republic (1945-1949), and was awarded in three classes (bronze, gold, and silver) with many, many variations over the 40 years of its use.
Price: 5.00 euro
Size box: 9x5cm./3.5×1.9inch.
Size medal: 6cm./2.3inch.
Weight: 39gr./1.3oz.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Medal still in it’s original box and with a pin. In good condition.
The medal says:”Excellent worker”. The Kivalo Dolgozo medals where made for almost any profession in Hungary. So this medal comes in many variations. Great to collect them all.
This one is a universal variation made for industries not represented by their own medal. This medal was to be worn on holidays and the mini was made for everyday wear.
The medal says:”For loyal service of the nation and homeland”
A Workers Guardian was a worker who was trained much like the miliairy for the civil defense of Hungary. The militairy budget of Hungary was drastically reduced in order to give the people a better living standard. So a substitute was needed.
Millions of working class people trained with rifles, mortars, machine guns and even artillery to support the regular army in case of a war. All this was originated by Janos Kadar who was the communist leader of Hungary who took control over Hungary in 1956 untill his retirement in 1988. He ruled for 32 years and died in 1989.
Although he remained loyal to the Soviet Union he is known for being one of the more moderate communist leader.
Hungarian original medal for 20 years of militairy service. Still in it’s original box and with the ribbon bar. The medal says:”20 years of home in the armed service”.
This medal was awarded “for excellent work”. This medal was awarded for the completion of a major project.
Hungarian medals and badges from the communist period are often in high quality. Unlike the USSR medals, Hungary did not make medals and badges for every tiny aspect of life, so they could afford to make the awards from a higher budget and are made with more attention.
Price: 12.50 euro
Size box: 12×7.5cm./4.7×2.9inch.
Size medal: 3.7cm./1.45inch.
Weight: 91gr./3.2oz.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Medal still in it’s original box. The text on the medal reads:”For serving home”. This is a medal known as the “Medal for Service to the Homeland Class 3”. It was awarded for acts of military merit and/or long service. It features the “wolf’s tooth flag” that is the standard of Hungarian military action since medieval times. Three classes exist: Class III bronze with green ribbon, Class II silver with blue ribbon and Class I gold with orange ribbon.
Hungarian original medal for 10 years of militairy service. Still in it’s original box and with the ribbon bar. The medal says:”10 years of home in the armed service”.
Hungarian original medal for 15 years of militairy service. Still in it’s original box and with the ribbon bar. The text on the medal says:”For Armed Serive In The Homeland”.
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 7.5cm./2.8inch.
Weight: 47gr./1.6oz.
Workers Guardian medal.
A Workers Guardian was a worker who was trained much like the miliairy in order for the civil defense of Hungary. The militairy budget of Hungary was drastically reduced in order to give the people a better living standard.
Millions of working class people (labours) trained with rifles, mortars, machine guns and artillery to support the regular army in case of war. All this was originated by Janos Kadar who was the communist leader of Hungary who ruled over Hungary from 1956 untill his retirement in 1988. He ruled for 32 years and died in 1989.
The medal was worn by a Munkasor or Workers Guardian. A Workers Guardian was a worker who was trained much like the miliairy in order for the civil defense of Hungary. The militairy budget of Hungary was drastically reduced in order to give the people a better living standard.
Millions of working class people (labours) trained with rifles, mortars, machine guns and artillery to support the regular army in case of war. All this was originated by Janos Kadar who was the communist leader of Hungary who ruled over Hungary from 1956 untill his retirement in 1988. He ruled for 32 years and died in 1989.
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