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Zalka Máté Commemorative Medal 1956. - medals73 - 07-11-2012
Zalka Máté Commemorative Medal 1956
Only 174 awarded, this is the official (semi-official?) wearing copy, awarded in smaller numbers than that.
Zalka Máté Commemorative Medal 1956. - CtahhR - 07-11-2012
Can you be awarded a "wearing" item? or is it more a case of being issued?
Zalka Máté Commemorative Medal 1956. - medals73 - 07-11-2012
Yes (I guess). The original award was silver and most people didn't want to wear it, due to the intrinsic value. They could obtain (from the government) a "silvered" wearing copy like this. There were only 174 of the original awards, and not all these recipients got their wearing copies.
I still seek an original, but this may be as close as I can get.