Albania Honorary Titles

[Bob]

Soon to be in my possession, 4 different Honorary Title's.

First "Distinguished Scientist & Technician" - supposedly established January 18 1965

[Bob]

"Meritorious Teacher"

[Bob]

Two (variations?)...

First - "Artist of the people" - established October 26, 1960

[Bob]

Other side

[Bob]

Here a different variation (?) named "Meritorious Artist" when I purchased it. Supposedly also established on October 26, 1960.

[Eric Schena]

Hi Bob:

Great stuff you are showing here The decoration in post 2 is actually the title of Teacher of the People and is ranked higher than Artist of the People. It was established in 1950 - the earliest ones by statute were made of .800 fine silver but at some point were changed to base metal. I would imagine that occurred in January 1965, as that is when the Albanian government did a complete overhaul of the awards system. The recipients of the other titles you show here when originally awarded were only given a certificate, but again most likely in 1965, actual badges were handed out. It's odd that the two Teacher awards (Teacher of the People and Meritorious Teacher) would have a badge and the others would not. But there are tons of these oddities in Albanian decorations.

Cheers,

Eric

[Bob]

And here a different variation of the meritorious teacher - cased (original?).

[Bob]

yet another variation with silver mark

[Belaruski]

I just got this meritorious teacher title and it's interesting to see the difference in quality between it and other Albanian made awards. I need to keep an eye out for the artist ones now!