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Although not an award or piece of militaria in and of itself I managed to find this neat reference book which I feel is a great addition to my collection:

The pictures of the book as well as the medal immediately previous to this post are by Peter Czink (and used with his gracious permission) who was involved in the production of this publication. He does have more available for anyone that's interested. Send me a PM and I'll be happy to pass on the information.

Medal for Exemplary Service:

NCO Presentation set:

For Successful Work at MHSZ badge:

Excellent Border Guard Badge set (1950's):

Telephone Factory Guard Badge:

Presentation set of class badges of the Hungarian Peoples Army:

Welcome to a new addiction! As you say, and as you know, things have changed so quickly that there isn't much to find. Bbut between Igor's and Alexei's limited stocks and a few things on e$cam, you should be bale to find some things.

And you MUST get Battushig's book. Before too long, it will become very hard to find.

Many thanks Ed! And yes, hoping a few goodies will turn up. I figure I may not end up with a huge Mongolian collection but if I can manage to get those pieces that appeal to me the most then I'll be in good shape. And definitely going for the book asap. So much to learn but that's what I thrive on. I'd much rather read a good militaria (or other hobby) reference than a good novel. And the references I tend to read over and over and over again. More bang for the buck for sure!

Again many thanks for the great welcome. Here's hoping I'll have something new to add before too terribly long, including "the book".

Dan

Hi all,

I've decided to repost my collection here in this thread as so far I've only put things in the "big" thread and it's gotten nearly impossible to easily find things in that for reference.

I'll start out with some of my newest pieces.

Presentation set of military badges of the Hungarian Peoples Army (pics are Zsolts and used with his kind permission... many thanks Zsolt! ):

Note: the black marks on the lid are not on my example.

Dan - what a beautiful collecton!

Hi Charles,

Mucho thanks my friend. Been wanting to post these for quite a while now and as I say I've not had the chance working so much. But glad I was finally able to get some of it done. I'm actually heading over to the Hungarian section in a sec to post some of the new pieces from Zsolt. Should I pop in pics of the pieces we're doing? Assuming they're in the package but as I said I won't open till X-mas as I know the presents are in there as well. But I have the pics of the bars and such you'd sent over. Let me know.

Dan