Hungary SZOT Medals

[Ed_Haynes]

Buried in the mega-thread at

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=11559&st=149

and since I just got a cased and documented specimen I thought these deserved their own thread.

As is said at the above-referenced post:

Hungarian Trade Council's Union Medal for service to the Trade Union in Gold. Most of the gold wash to the star has flaked off but it is still present on the miniature. The badge came in two grades Gold and Silver. Gold was for 15 years of serivce in SZOT (HU Trade Councils Union) and the Silver is 10 years. The 15 year award came with 3000 HU forints bonus (1 1/2 months pay) and the silver came with 2000 HU forints.

And the pretty one, in gold:

Edited July 6, 2007 by Ed_Haynes

[Ed_Haynes]

And the document.