OBVERSE REVERSE WORLD WAR I VICTORY MEDAL

IDENTIFICATIONS: BY: DR, KURT G, KLIETMANN TRANSLATED BY W,E, HAMELMAN [Vol. 31, No. 3, March 1980, page 28] by Igor V. Victorov.

80-3-7 - This is a South Hungary Commemorative Medal, founded by the Admiral Horthy, the administrative head of the Kingdom of Hun- gary, on September 4, 1941. Awarded to all military and other per- sonnel taking part in the occupation of the South Hungary between April 7-30, 1941.

80-3-8 - This is a Siebenburg Commemorative Medal, founded on Oc- tober i, 1940, by Admiral Horthy, the administrative head of the Kingdom of Hungary, to commemorate the freedom of East Hungary and a part of the Siebenburg. The medal was authorized for all members of the Armed Forces and police that served 28 days actfve duty be- tween July 2nd and September 30th, 1940. Also awarded to all gov- ernment personnel, that between September 4-13, 1940, were with the Honved troops crossing the Triaboner border. German military personnel were not authorized this medal.

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[Vol. 31, No. 4, April 198 0, page 25] by Igor V. Victorov. This is a semi-official Rhodesian Medal issued under the following circumstances: The Southern Rhodesia Service Medal was restricted in eligibility to members of the Rhodesian Armed Forces. The vari- ous police, fire, nursing, etc., bodies agitated for the issue of a "home service medal" with no success. A private issue was there- fore struck on a purely commercial basis, but it was purchased by many organizations and issued as a commemorative piece, to their members. Amongst others were the various nursing agencies, certain police forces, fire departments, and, in some cases, even the pu- pils at some schools. Although the medal was originally designed with the pin clasp as illustrated in the April 1980 issue of The Medal Collector, I have seen these pieces suspended from a ring on a light blue ribbon, and mounted with other servicemedals. IDENTIFICATION: 80-5-24 - BY: PAUL RULLIER [Vol. 31, No. 5, May 1980, page 32] by J. Robert Elliott. I have the pleasure of telling you that this is the Chevalier’s insignia, 2nd type, of a French private order: "Ordre du Royal Khranfouss de 10ues Rir et des Saharas" It is apart of a set of orders, medals and insignia generally known under the name: "Decorations de fantaisie du Sud Tunisien et du Sahara. They were created in the last decade of the 19th century and three in the 20th, by soldiers serving in isolated posts and who enjoyed themselves in funny ceremonies when receiving visitors. IDENTIFICATION: 80-6-28 - BY: JAMES A’~ GEORGE [Vol. 31, No. 6, June 1980, page 30] by Lynn R. Bell. This is one of numerous quasi-official commemorations of the Ital- ian Fascist period (1922-43). Characterized by ahigh degree of ar- tistic development and clear, ifunsubtle, symbolism; the iconogra- phy of this one is quite obvious as can be seen by the attribution. The medal was struck for the eleventh anniversary of the Fascist government (dated from Mussolini’s march on Rome and his subsequent appointment as Prime Minister in October 1922). Freely translated the legend which circumscribes the reverse reads: "Exposition (or Fair) of the Revolution". Knowing the purpose of the medal should clarify the obverse symbolism; winged victory triumphant, surrounded by the signs of agricultural and commercial abundance. The "AXIEF" is an abbreviation of: "Anno XI Era Fascisti", which was a system of recording dates. Like their predecessors in Impe- rial Rome, the Fascists dated events from their year one (i.e. 1922). Therefore, this represents "year Ii of the Fascist Era". Frequently this notation is accompanied by a combinational date, but in ahighly political piece such as this the Fascist date stands alone. Thus the medal dates to approximately 1933. Doubtless this item was originally struck with a maglietta (a large inverted "U" through which the ribbon passed, characteristic of most Italian medals in the 20th century), but since this was usu- ally a separate piece braised to the planchet it is not unusual to find them detached. The crude hole was almost certainly done by someone other than the recipient for wear as a pendant. I have no idea what pattern of ribbon was worn, but I would guess that it in- corporated the Roman gold and maroon as these are strongly associ- ated with the "Littora". Should Mr. Bell have other questions on Italian items I should be happy to correspond on the subject.

38 30 YEARS AGO - 139 members as of August 1950- We experienced a few difficulties - a delay in the publication of THE MEDAL COLLECTOR caused the September & October issues to be combined (8 pages)- JL

We besan to conduct an investigation concerning the possibility of przntzng our periodical in the form of a regular magazine. It was being read by more than 200 persons most of whom were collectors. This was a large group of readers who were interested in our ex- clusive hobby ..... and OMSA not six months old!-- JS

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