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    One thing I learned early on was the importance of documents. While the medal is pretty and shiny, having the document to go with it can often double (or more) the value. In some cases, I have found the document to be worth more than the medal. Anyway, here are a few documents with their medals. First, a 1957 model Meritorious Service Medal with document issued in 1963:

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    This worker's pass book comes by way of Turkey. Issued in 1951, it has the Rakosi seal on the cover. I know the owner's family name was/is Kiss but, beyond that, I'm in the dark as I'm having trouble with the "long hand" used. If anyone can decipher, I'd appreciate it.

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    Greg the name appears to be Kiss Martinone (or the wife of Kiss, Martin) very common practice thena nd even now to refere to the wife. It appears that she was born in 1910 - but for some reason she never had a job as there are no entries. She was in all probability just a housewife. The scans are a bit small so its hard for me to decipher much more...

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    Greg,

    The line labelled "anja neve" is for the mother's name and although the hand writing isn't all that clear it looks like it could be "Kovács Iréne". Charles can probably confirm or correct the name. This gives you her maiden name.

    Regards,

    Gordon

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    Just got this document that I'd like to share. Don't know exactly how rare one of these is; I doubt it's easy to come by. It's an AVH document promoting Istvan Dercze to First Lieutenant, dated the 1st of January 1950. Of note is Lt. General Gabor Peter's signature, which is by hand. I'll begin with the whole document.

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    Wow - that is a very nice promotion document - I have never encountered one beofre. The best I could do was an old document from a trial of the "People s Courts" concerning the death of a jew during the siege of Budapest. The signature is interesting I will try and see if I can dig out my document from 1945 when he was signing vehicle registrations cards...

    Too much stuff to try and find...

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    A recent addition... pretty small Hungarian Workers' Party document (2 3/4" x 4 1/8"), dated 25 June 1951 for completion of Basic Political School, held at the Budapest Police Headquarters, to Istvan Sziman (hope I got that right). First, the document front and Workers' Party pin (basic pin-back)...

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