Munkasor Commemorative Medal.

[desantnik]

Anyone have any idea what this is or its value? My guess is some kind of partisan or peoples uprising commemorative award.

Thanks in advance!

[Greg Collins]

Paul,

It's a Workers' Militia (Munkasor) Commemorative Medal from 1964. The Munkasor was founded in the late '50's (after the '56 revolution) primarily to guard the country's means of production. Not simply security guards (which operated as individuals), the Munkasor were militarily trained, regimented and armed, they were Hungary's "national" guard... very much like the DDR's Kampfgruppen and Romania's Patriotic Guard.

Unfortunately, the medal isn't a high dollar item- they made a lot of them and they are readily available.

[desantnik]

Thanks for the info!

[EricFG]

Ya don't often see a screwback medal. Except for, well, you know....

[medals73]

Medal of the Workers Militia

Documented, to Pataki József, 28 January 1981.

(Lousy scans, sorry.)