Greece, Kingdom. Two Medals & Awards

Includes:

1. Commemorative Medal of the War of 1940-1941 for the Army (Αναμνηστικό μετάλλιο του πολέμου του 1940-1941 για τον στρατό). Instituted in 1946 (In blackened bronze, measuring 32 mm in diameter, edge nicks, contact marks, spotting, original ribbon).

2. SKF Hellas (Greece) Award Medal (in silver, obverse illustrating the SKF insignia (SKF = Svenska Kullagerfabriken = Swedish Ball Bearing Factory) in the centre, surrounded by inscription "ΕΣΚΑΕΦ ΕΛΛΑΣ - SKF HELLAS" and the Swedish company's Greek office founding date of "1925" below, the reverse blank, measuring 39.7 mm (w) x 52.3 mm (h) inclusive of its integral ring, edge nicks, contact marks).

Very fine and better than very fine, respectively.

Footnote: 1. The Commemorative Medal of the War of 1940-1941 for the Army was instituted in 1946 and issued in one class, to Army personnel who served in operations in Eperios, Albania, Macedonia, Thrace and Crete. 2. AB SKF (Svenska Kullagerfabriken = Swedish Ball Bearing Factory) is a Swedish bearing and seal manufacturing company founded in Gothenburg, Sweden, in 1907. The company manufactures and supplies bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products, condition monitoring systems and related services globally. SKF is the world's largest bearing manufacturer, and employs 44,000 people in 108 manufacturing units. It has the largest industrial distributor network in the industry, with 17,000 distributor locations encompassing 130 countries. SKF is one of the largest companies in Sweden and among the largest public companies in the world. SKF Hellas was first established in Greece in 1925, the twenty-seventh office that SKF had opened. From the very beginning, it took an active part in the industrial and economic rebuilding of Greece by doing something simple, but at the same time, complex, making things rotate. Through the use of advanced knowledge, continuous innovation and close relationship with its customers, SKF Hellas has been playing a vital role in the manufacturing and production structure of Greece ever since.