Context (Field collection)
Collection details for 2003.138 A-E: 'Purchased from a formal store specialising in military medals and other forms of official recognition. See receipt titled: 520252 Numizmatikai Centrum kft. Price above is for total of medals and documentation for the recipient AND his wife.'
Event Date
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Found together / assemblage)
These medals were presented alongside a certificate in a plastic wallet (2003.138 D-E), on April 20th 1968.
Event Date 20/4/1968
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff

Context (Production / use)
Of the three ranks of Work Medal (bronze, silver and gold) the collection only has documentation for two of them for this individual, but because gold is one of them, it can be assumed that the bronze was awarded. Work medal - bronze rank along with its accompanying documentation is missing from this collection.
Event Date 1/6/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Description for 2003.138 A-E: 'Paper (certificates, other documentation), metal (medals), plastic (presentation sleeves).
A: In the Service of the Socialist Homeland Medal (hung on ribbon), awarded 20 April 1968.
B: Also accompanying representative small medal on breast ribbon. [Anita Herle's note: 'pin']
C: Also accompanying Presentation Box.
D: Also accompanying paper Presentation Certificate.
E: Also accompanying presentation sleeve in red and clear plastic. [Anita Herle's note: 'wallet'].'

Event Date 1/6/2004
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Two medals (A-B) in a presentation box (C), awarded on 20th of April 1968. The larger medal (A) is a gold-coloured metal star with a silver-coloured background. The star is decorated with red glass enamel, with the emblem of the Hungarian People's Republic: a Hungarian flag on a pale blue background with a red star above, surrounded by a wreath of wheat wrapped in ribbon. The medallion hangs from a red ribbon with a stripe of red, white, and green (the Hungarian flag), that has been folded into a triangle shape. The ribbon has a silver pin in it. The medallion of the other medal (B) is the same but smaller, and it has a pin on the back that connects it to a ribbon, folded into a small rectangle. The two medals sit inside depressions in the white fabric mount in the presentation box (C). The box is rectangular, with a red plastic cover, a hinged lid, and a metal clasp. There is a Disney sticker on the top, with a picture of Jasmine and the tiger from Aladdin; somebody (presumably the original owner) has written '1968.04.20' on the sticker, the date the medal was awarded.
Event Date 9/5/2023
Author: Eleanor Beestin-Sheriff