In a message dated 6/13/2005 10:11:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jjarfas@ezaccess.net writes: > Jayne, > > that site won't show your Géza, because he did not die there. Those > prisoners of war listed (and the list is far from complete) all > perished. Your Géza did not. > > Dear Joe: Okay, although he died in Hungary soon after as a result of what he suffered. But I understand now that those on the site died in the Soviet Union. Dear List: While I am writing an email, I want to mention that the translation of the Hungarian description of the military medals in the 1928 book Joe Jarfas used as his source evidently does not cover all of the medals. 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