Hungary. An Order Of The Holy Crown, Officer Cross With Swords & War Decoration, C.1943 United Republic of All period original strikings

All period original strikings

John Creasy

After fifteen years' service

(GEBM1196)

Hungary. An Order Of The Holy Crown, Officer Cross With Swords & War Decoration, C.1943 United Republic of All period original strikings(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,