Albania Hero of the People / Hero of Socialist Labor

[Bob]

That's a long motivation - last time I read such a long sentence was when I was translating ancient greek in high school :)

[Bob]

Just got another gold Hero Star (cased) in the mail today. Love the 'weight' of these, but really sad that they were not numbered or (in my case, when I acquired it) did not come with a document.

Anybody with any update on the potential for research in the Tirana archives?

I'll be visiting Tirana again in April - looking forward to it!

[bbrandon]

On 19/08/2007 at 15:15, Bob said:

And for some detailed scans of the star:

- weight total 18.8 gr

- weight star only (i.e. excluding suspension) 14.5 gr

- width ribbon: 19.93mm

- height (excl connector) 14.46

- startip to startip 29.82 mm

- top of hammer to bottom 10.05 mm

- thickness at tip of star: 2.03 mm

 

Bob do you know if the suspension is also made from gold - or is it brass?

Edited February 10, 2023 by bbrandon

[Kallarati Heroik]

Complete body of medal is made of solid gold, even suspension. Complete medal is gold.

[bbrandon]

Thx! Thats very interesting - as this is IMHO quite unusual for suspension to be in gold too. But thats quite great also