hunyadi Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 Can anyone tell me what this is for? My basic knowledge of the cyrilic alphabet leads me to believe that this is to a Hungarian, but for what?? Dont know - help....
Ferdinand Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 It is a certificate stating that Ishtvan Sholloi is rewarded for active participation with the preparation and demonstration of the Hungarian kitchen for family members of Soviet soldiers...
Hauptmann Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 Hi Charles,That sure is a beautiful Gramota! Yet another great find! You're amazing my friend! I think when you come visit when you're back in the states I'm going to let you take a crack at metal detecting... cause I think with your good fortune re: finding neat goodies you'll hit the motherload!!!! Dan
order_of_victory Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 Hi Charles,Oh i dont think I have seen that design before realy nice item Order of Victory
Ferdinand Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 The only thing I can't translate is the Lenin quote on top of the document...
hunyadi Posted March 22, 2007 Author Posted March 22, 2007 So he got it for Cooking Lessons? Very interesting. I have actualy found a couple of these in the past, but have passed on them as my Russian language left my head when the Hungarian invaded. (In reality I was actuly conversing very fluently with my Muldovian negigbors for over two year until I had to learn Hungarian....)
Riley1965 Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 Congratulations!!! That is one BEAUTIFUL document!!! Doc
hunyadi Posted March 22, 2007 Author Posted March 22, 2007 Forgive my ignorance - but by everyones comments so far - these are rare?
NavyFCO Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 Forgive my ignorance - but by everyones comments so far - these are rare? No, these are fairly common depending where you look. The rarity comes in when the items are named to someone that's a senior officer, or is from an unusual unit. I don't collect paper, but I've had at least a half dozen of them with medal groups.Dave
NavyFCO Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 Here's one of the same style to a General Major of Artillery...
NavyFCO Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 Here's one that fits into the "unusual unit" category. While not "rare", I would definately classify this one as valuable. It came with many other documents, medals, etc. from the same man. Dave
Hauptmann Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 Well, be they important or not they're certainly beautiful! Dan
hunyadi Posted March 23, 2007 Author Posted March 23, 2007 It is a certificate stating that Ishtvan Sholloi is rewarded for active participation with the preparation and demonstration of the Hungarian kitchen for family members of Soviet soldiers...Well - I guess it might be a "special unit" of the "Rakocsi Krumpli" (a specialized Hungarian potato dish) type?
order_of_victory Posted March 24, 2007 Posted March 24, 2007 I would say though that thats one of the nicer designs after the mid 1970's they go down hill a bit Order of Victory
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