Hungary. An Order Of The Holy Crown, Officer Cross With Swords & War Decoration, C.1943 United Republic of (GEBM1196)

(GEBM1196)

All period original strikings

2 mm in diameter each

52 mm x 109 mm

After fifteen years' service

Hungary. An Order Of The Holy Crown, Officer Cross With Swords & War Decoration, C.1943 United Republic of (GEBM1196)(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,