just a quick word with reference this type of medal, if only one side is used (UNIFACE) with a depiction of a person and a few words, it normaly means this were mass produced, and made very cheaply.
Anything being presented for a good deeds, or appreciation other than heroic actions is normaly hand crafted and made with genuine interest in the object being pleasing to the eye of the reciepiant, in the case of it being for example, presented by grateful Hungarian authorities for the protection of the Hungarian populations in certain areas, the original one or five? presented may well have been in real Silver and with far more detail, than something that was made over the fire in the kitchen from lead or zinc.
The one sided version may be a poor copy, or a general common issue to more than one person, maybe just as a commemorative piece.
And unless some form of a documant "Brevet" is issued then such pieces or a photograph comes to light, then the medals must be regarded with caution as being the RARE, ORIGINAL ,ONE OF A KIND medal.
Kevin in Deva
