Peter Orincsay

A genuine bronze piece of the Stalin statue that was torn down the 23rd of October 1956 in the beginning of the uprising.

Uniform details.

Military parade flag.

Some more..

The order of the Peoples Republic of Hungary, 1-5th class.

The order of the Peoples Republic of Hungary and the order of the red star.

The order of the red flag.

Here are some medals and other items photographed at the the museum of military history in Budapest this October.

The tunic.

The tag.

Hello John! I am not really sure of the origin of my Z?szl?s (Warrant Officer) tunic. I was found hidden in the basement among my late grandfathers belongings. Since he never were a Z?szl?s (Warrant Officer), he went straight to Hadnagy (Lieutenant) after graduating the Ludovika Military (Budapest) academy in 1937. And I?m still not 100% sure what the purple colour is for military branch. The tunic is in mint condition and with a nice taylors tag inside. The tag says: N?das ?s Osz?czky - ?ri ?s Egyenruha Szab?k - Budapest, IV Esk? T?r 1. (N?das & Osz?czky - Gentlemen and Uniform taylors, Budapest 4th district Esk? Squere 1.)

The buttonhole miniature of the Hungarian Fire cross (T?zkereszt). It?s 11.mm in diameter.

The Charles I, SIGNUM LAUDIS medal in silver with wartime trifold and crossed swords.

The Franz Joseph I, large silver medal for bravery. Together with the wartime trifold.

Here are some new items to my collection. First up is a "Levente-Youth" shooting badge. It is designed and signed by the famous Hungarian sculptor Sz?dy Szil?rd (1878-1939).

As I went down to Hungary for the 50th anniversary of the 1956in the fall of 2006 I met this elderly gentleman outside of the parliament building at the Kossuth square in Budapest. He told me that he was a veteran of the uprising against the Russians and the Hungarian secret police, the AVH back in 1956 and that he later was in jail for 13 years because of his participation. He received several medals from various veteran organizations as seen on my portrait photo. There are still very few "state" awards for heroism and participation. A few were awarded the Hungarian Order of Merit (Like Maria Wittner, a famous freedom fighter from 1956) but most were not, only by volunteer associations for participants of the 1956 uprising.

This looks like former Romanian president Nicolae Ceauşescu together with Saddam Hussein.. Greetings P?ter N.

A Combat leadership badge (Csapattiszti jelv?ny). The seller said that the ones without enamel was handed out at the end of the war.. Yeah.. about 60 years after..! :banger:

FAKES...? During my years of collecting i encountered many really ugly pieces. Some are pure fantasy thing only to fool the amateur collectors and make money to greedy fakers.. I don't know the origins of these pieces but in my eyes they look like bad fakes. The sellers talk that they were made during the war, and that there was no time to make them properly. Sounds like just like it is... Just greedy sells talk.. I don?t like to display garbage, but i do it just so no one should pay for things like this! The first piece is a "Vit?zs?gert" (for bravery) medal. The details near the upper ring looks to amature for a medal of this kind. The brass (original in bronze) feels thin, the hanger ring is also very poorly made.

There is even a photo of a ceremony were my grandfather receives one of these awards. He is in the middle of this photo,standing in front. The place is most certainly the grass field behind the academy building. A resent photo of this place can be seen here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/hu/9...010335-1000.jpg

Here is the smaller one.

My grandfather received a few competition prizes during his academy time. The prizes are with the Royal Hungarian Ludovika Academy emblem and come in two sizes. Here is the bigger one.

Here is the original graduation photo from my grandfather in 1937.

My grandfather L?szl? Orincsay was in the class of 1937 and graduated the 20th august at the Royal Hungarian Ludovika Academy in Budapest. His photo is the first from the right in the left column bottom row. The Commandant of the Royal Hungarian Ludovika Academy, General Szombathelyi Ferenc is pictured in the middle of the graduates.

The medals and orders.. The top shelf is my own military career and really not a part of the historical collection..