HORNREICH COLLECTION of Award Medals
Hungary Bz Medals, Set of 3, KOMJADI Award 1934
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
Hungary Budapest 1934 |
| Design Description: |
Bz Medal Set (3) KOMJADI |
| Item Description: |
Bronze 1934 Hungarian Sports Award Medals 1934 Hungary Bz Medals, Set of 3 KOMJADI |
| Full Grade: |
MS 62 |
| Owner: |
Spencer Collection |
Owner Comments:
Medal, 1934, 1938, 1939, Bronze, Hungary. KOMJADI Set of 3 Medals, silvered bronze, bronze, and gold color. Commemorative medal honoring the Hungarian Jewish athlete, Bela Komjadi (1892-1933). Komjadi was the coach for the Hungarian water polo team for two Olympics: 1928, when they won the silver medal, and 1932, when they were the gold medal champions. Komjadi died in 1933, but the water polo team repeated their gold medal victory in the 1936 Olympics, and paid tribute to Komjadi for their succes. He established the educational and training system that led to Hungary's dominance in the sport. Komjadi is in the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. A similar medal can be viewed at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum from a collection donated in 1990 by Eva Ehrlich. Size: 2.375 Inches. Obv. KOMJADI with Portrait; Rv. "MAGYAR USZO / SZOVETSEG / 1934" on Bronze; "MAGYAR USZO / SZOVETSEG / 1939 II" on Silvered Bronze; "MAGYAR USZO / SZOVETSEG / 1936 I" on Gold Colored Bronze. Cf. Ferencz Hevesi Family Collection. Rare Set of 3 Medals.