Gold Star "Hero Of Socialist Labour".

[Nota Bene]

Shane,

I am not sure I understand, why would a Bulgarian HSL come with Soviet Order of Lenin. Bulgaria was an independent State and had it's own system of awards.

Alexei

Originally posted by scook17
I believe it's normal custom to award the HSU and HSL medals with a Lenin and a large and small certificates. It's interesting that they awarded a Dimitrov order instead of a Lenin one. Until today I'd never see a Dimitrov order.

You said there was a difference in the weight of the HSL between the older and newer versions. Is the older version lighter? Is it still made of 95/100 gold as the HSL medals are?

Thanks for the info.

Kind Regards,
Shane Cook.