Hungary. An Order Of The Holy Crown, Officer Cross With Swords & War Decoration, C.1943 United Republic of then the Mount Royal Rifles

then the Mount Royal Rifles

(GEBM1196)

A very fine post war Pour Le Mérite

52 mm x 109 mm

bronze medal

Hungary. An Order Of The Holy Crown, Officer Cross With Swords & War Decoration, C.1943 United Republic of then the Mount Royal Rifles(Magyar Szent Korona Rend). Instituted on 17 March 1943. A silver Latin cross with white enamelled arms, with crossed swords and a green enamelled laurel wreath between the arms, the obverse with a central green enamelled medallion depicting a silver gilt Hungarian crown, surrounded by a laurel wreath with berries; the reverse plain, with four visible rivets, and a vertical pinback, with a functional hinge catch assembly, marked 1942 on the reverse,