Hungary A KISZ medal

[Ulsterman]

My latest acquisition. A lovely little piece-poorly made as stuff you'd buy today at the local "sports and trophy shop" in the USA, so an end of the Communist era piece I reckon. Came with a nice little lapel badge too and a red 1960s+ box. The paint/"enamel" had bled slightly onto the felt box pressed liner.

The reverse is, as usual, plain.

Was this a 'scout' leaders' award?

Edited May 6, 2009 by Ulsterman

[Gordon Craig]

Ulsterman,

There were no Boy Scouts in the HUPR. All youth movements were rolled into the KISZ movement. At best guess, this is an award presented to someone who was an adult leader in KISZ.

Regards,

Gordon

[Ulsterman]

Yup-

Thanks Gordon.

I neglected to get an on-the-spot translation from Robert at the show. Does it say "for service" around the edge: HUSEG A NEPHEZ HUSEG A PARTHOZ.

The nice thing about it is the lapel stick pin (15 times actual size).

Edited May 6, 2009 by Ulsterman

[Yildirim]

Nice medal

Ulsterman, "HŰS?G A N?PHEZ, HŰS?G A P?RTHOZ" means "Loyalty to people, loyalty to party (communist)".

[Ulsterman]

Thankee!

Hungarian is VERY difficult to decipher using babelfish and my trusty 1950s dictionary. I appreciate you help.

[Yildirim]

Yeah, one of the most difficult languages on the world. No problem, we are here to help each other :beer: