Hungary Hungarian Red Cross Awards

[Gordon Craig]

The backs of these two awards.

[Gordon Craig]

Now on to the pins I had originally planned to post. Red Cross organizations around the world seem to produce lots of small pins, and as we are well aware, a lot of them have an original purpose in being given out but those reasons have fanded into the past and we may never find out their significance. Some of the following pins fall into that category, others do not.

The first pin is an inexpensive plastic one 5.5 cm in diametre (2 1/4") for what would be termed in Canada as the Junior Red Cross.

Regards,

Gordon

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[Gordon Craig]

The reverse of this pin. There is a paper insert inside the plastic with the writing on it.

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[Gordon Craig]

A pin celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Red Cross in Hungary dated 1881-1981.

It is 3.3 cm in diametre (1 3/8").

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[Gordon Craig]

The reverse of this pin.

[Gordon Craig]

The next two pins would be what are normally refered tomin English as "lapel pins" because of their small size. The first one is a blood donor pin with a white background and a green wreath.

[Gordon Craig]

The revere of this pin.

[Gordon Craig]

The next pin has a black background and bears the familiar Hungarian symbol of the lamp. From looking at these types of awards in my collection I feel that the lamp was the more recent of the two designs. I do not know if the background colours have any significance.

[Gordon Craig]

The reverse of this pin.

[Gordon Craig]

Here is a similar pin design to the previous two except that it has a gold "1" on a red background in the upper right corner.

[Gordon Craig]

The reverse of this pin.

[Gordon Craig]

The next pin is of a totally different design from what you normally see. The writing on the pins translates as "First Aid" for the first word and possibly "helper" would be a good eplanaton of the second word although that is just aguess on my part.

[Gordon Craig]

The reverse if this pin.

[Gordon Craig]

The next pin is clearly Hungarian Red Cross related but of what significance I have no idea. It was done in hot enamel so an early period piece.

[Gordon Craig]

Reverse of this pin.

[Gordon Craig]

The last one I have to post may not be Red Cross related but it does bear the Red Cross symbol and is definitely Hungarian because of the colours and writing on it which translates as "Effective Public Health". This is a small pin being only 1.4 cm (3/4") in diamtere

Regards,

Gordon

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[Gordon Craig]

The reverse of the pin.

[redcross]

your last one must be Red Cross

the design, in different colors

is also used by the Romanian Red Cross

also for public health of some sort

I've haddd the impression that

there were soviet approved designs

which are used in many of the satelites

[Ulsterman]

I got a red cross bronze version (as illustrated above) this week. Some of the older photos have evaporated into cyberspace over the past 2 years sadly.

Just to confirm-is this the Hungarian Red Cross Merit Medal: bronze class? Rakosi era?

The enamel work is superb-as always.

[Gordon Craig]

Ulsterman,

From your photo/scan it appears to be the bronze class of the Hungarian Red Cross Merit Medal. As to Rakosi era? No way for me to tell. You say it is enamelled so it is earlier than the painted ones but that doesn't help us confirm time frame any more than that unfortunately. I have no resource material on Red Cross badges so nothing to look in to help.

Regards,

Gordon

[redcross]

I'm fairly certain that the badge in post #64

is not Red Cross - the colors are reversed,

as to what it is... there are a number of related

organizations - first aid, samaritans,

that exist in various eurpoean countries

[the swiss, germans, austrians & itallians

are ones I've seen examples]

or it might just be "patriotic"

besides organizations using a white cross on a red field

there are others using a green cross on a white field

much of the time when I've run into white cross on red field

my first suspicion is that its something swiss

as the orgin of the red cross symbol is the inverse of the swiss flag

[Gordon Craig]

Redcross,

Thanks for your comments on the badge in post #64. Very possibly it is some organization related to what you have suggested. Something I'll have to watch in the future.

Regards,

Gordon

[Gordon Craig]

Gents,

I've just acquired some new material which may halp shed some light on at least some of the Red Cross awards in this thread. Once I get time to translate it I'll start posting the info.

Regards,

Gordon

[holdencaulfield]

Dear Gordon Craig,

I am a Hungarian collector. I would like to inquire about the badge in post # 64. I do not think either that the badge would be Red Cross emblem. I would like to buy it from you or I could exchange it for an other, rare, Hungarian Red Cross badges from the WWI, WWII or from later period.

I am waiting for your answer.

Regards,

holdencaulfield