Perllan987@aol.com wrote: > ... I found a couple (I think--I am not absolutely certain of those). > I cannot find the rest of them, no > matter how hard I look. It seems to me that some of these medals must > have > been invented after 1928. My father-in-law received all of his medals > in the > 1930s and 1940s. If anyone can figure out what these medals mean, I > would be > grateful for any. > > O followed by a raised 1 -- I think this is the silver knight medal > > O with two swords crossed diagonally and superimposed on the 0-- I > think this > is bronze knight medal > > S. followed by a raised 1 -- the closest I can find is the St. Stephen > small > cross, but I don't think this is right. > > Sz. followed by a raised 3 -- can't find > > Roman numeral II inside O -- can't find > > Roman numeral II inside 0 and followed by A. -- can't find > > O with an E inside -- could this be Hungarian silver merit medal on green > ribbon, which appears as O followed by a lower-case e raised halfway? > > O with an H inside and crossed swords on top of the O-- can't find > > O with HE inside and swords crossed diagonally behind the O -- can't find. > > O with a black cross superimposed on it; the ends of the cross are > flared; > crossed swords behind the O -- can't find > > O with E (I think) inside and semi-circular, upside down swords on either > side of O -- can't find. > > I have not seen any emails from anyone else to the list with this > complaint. > Am I the only one who is having trouble deciphering the meaning of the > medals? > > Jayne > perllan987@aol.com Jayne, where did you get these 'descriptions'? It's true I just looked into the 1928 volume and copied those present there. If you tell me which volume they come from I can check that too, but being busy with other things I don't have that much time on my own (for searches). Joe Equinunk, PA - USA jjarfas@ezaccess.net --- [This E-mail scanned for viruses by ezaccess.net]