Hungary Hungarian Award Banners

[Greg Collins]

I recently came by two items which are, apparently, award banners. Both are satin with heavy embroidery and quite beautifully made. The first is, and I'm basing this on the wolf's tooth pattern, an armed forces banner which reads "Excellent Battalion". It measures 21 1/4 inches by 15 1/4 inches.

[Greg Collins]

The second is obviously Munkasor and is for the "Best Section of a Battalion". This measures 22 1/2 by 15 1/2. I have not included the "hanger" nor the tassels into these measurements, so you can see these are quite large.

[Greg Collins]

A close-up of the Munkasor emblem... "old school" embroidery at it's finest. These are beautiful banners that were well cared for- the only real flaw is that, on the Munkasor banner, the metal rod inside the top has broken through the end of the material. Other than that, these are perfect.

[hunyadi]

I looked to get one of the Munkasor banners for a long time - I have (somewhere???) a nice photo of one hanging on the wall during an awards ceremony. Very nice stuff Greg :jumping:

[Ulsterman]

Very cool. I have only youth banners. these are the first Munkasor I have seen. They really did make good stuff in the beginning.