cimbineus

Hi Gents,

In this category of "KIV?L? DOLGOZ?" badges, these three tiny ones are my favourites. "KIV?L? M?H?SZ" means "Excellent Bee-keeper". There were three grades of this title, gold (1^st class), silver (2^nd class) and bronze (3^rd class) grades. Are not they lovely? (And what an idea, "Excellent Bee-keeper"!? )

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cimbineus

... And the obverse:

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cimbineus

Hallo cimbineus,

welcome to the forum ...

Thank you Gents,

Here is the bar:

Hi Gordon,

Thank you for your kind words. No, of course, I did not mean the "Munk?s-Paraszt Hatalom?rt Eml?k?rem". That was for active participation in suppressing the revolution in Hungary in '56 and awarded from April 1957. I meant the "Zalka M?t? Eml?k?rem" which was instituted in '56 and first time awarded on 22^nd October 1956, just one day before the revolution. That was for the participation in the Spanish civil war. Yes, the other one I mentioned was the "A Magyar Szabads?g ?rdemrend" of '46 and its number was "55". But, of course, you know, that in this case the number does not matter. There was no any hierarchy in numbers. Those orders were awarded in random, regardless of their numbers and a certain percent of them simply had no numbers at all.

Thanks for your kind offer. I am very happy to meet other collectors too.

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cimbineus

Hi Gents,

Let me show you an interesting Wound Medal. It is made of BRONZE and not the well known zinc alloy "Kriegsmetal". Here it is:

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cimbineus

...Can you tell us more about the Becks' lives?

I would like to know more. It is very interesting.

Hi again,

I know nothing about his wife's activities. Dr. Beck himself was born in 1915. During the Spanish civil war he was captured and deported to France. He escaped and returned to Hungary where he continued his illegal communist activities. In 1942 he was arrested and sentenced for two years in prison. After 1945 he was posted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs by the Communist Party. He was arrested again in 1949 because of his good relationship with L?szl? Rajk. He was sentenced for 8 years in prison by his own comrades, but was released in 1955. His real diplomatic carrier started in 1961. He was the ambassador of Hungary in several countries, among others in Cuba too. In 1979 he retired from the MFA. He died in 2001. That is all what I know about him.

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cimbineus

And the last one in its case:

Hello Gents,

There were four types of this award. The first was until Stalin's death with red ribbon. The second type came in Summer 1953. The third is from 1954, and the last one is from 1964. Here they are:

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cimbineus

Hello Gents,

This is a very interesting topic too. Not too much reference books are available on Hungarian qualification badges. This is the "Excellent Driver" badge instituted in 1950, but three more badges belong to this group, namely: "Excellent Transportation Officer", "Excellent Gas Supplier" and "Excellent Technician". Here they are:

(My guess is that the depicted truck is most probably not a Csepel D350, because the production of that truck started half a year later, at the end of 1950.

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cimbineus

Hello Gents,

Here is my modest contribution to this topic. I am sending images of two more Partisan Badges. These are especially interesting ones, since they belonged to one family, a husband and wife. Dr. Janos Beck was a participant of the illegal communist movement from the mid '30s and as such, he participated in the Spanish Civil War from 1936. He was awarded the very scarce (RR) Spanish War Commemorative Medal on 22^nd October 1956(!). More over, earlier, in 1946, he received the even scarcer (RRR) Order of Hungarian Freedom, the highest, the silver grade, which was an order for partisans and the first order established after the war. Later he became an engineer in chemistry but from late '40s he worked for the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Hungary. His badge has the very law number of "84". His wife, also an illegal communist from late '30s, was awarded the Partisan Badge no. "1249".

Regards,

cimbineus,