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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 542674, member: 25&quot;]It looks more like an order rather than a medal. A medal is awarded for something, a campaign or a specific act, wheras an Order is the badge of membership of some group like an order of knighthood, or membership of the Benighted Barn Owls or similar fraternal organisation. Obviously these can range from KCMG (Knight Commander of the order of St Micheal and St George) or KB (Knight of the Bath) to memberships of the most trivial and obscure of organisations.</p><p>The unifying theme in design tends to be the used of enamel and of pierced designs. There are obvious exceptions Like the German Blue Max but as a general rule of thumb this may be useful. </p><p><br /></p><p>Just to give a mention to the other thing often confused with medals and orders, a medallion is pretty well always commemorative of something and does not have a suspension ring as it was never an award or a membership.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Searchinng Hungarian Orders may be better than searching Hungarian medals[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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