Hungary, Kingdom. A National Defence Cross, C.1940 GTRexclude Wrapped around the handle in

Wrapped around the handle in the appropriate fashion is a period portepee fabricated from fine aluminum bullion wire

despite the upheavals of the Russian revolutions and civil war

With correct replacement ribbon

triple screwbacks intact)

Damour is a large town on the coast of Lebanon and is approximately thirty kilometres south of Beirut

Hungary, Kingdom. A National Defence Cross, C.1940 GTRexclude Wrapped around the handle inHungary (Kingdom); Silvered bronze, 38. 8 mm (w) x 44 mm (h) inclusive of its ball suspension, on its original triangular ribbon with hook and eye, surface bubbling, near extremely fine. Footnote: The Cross was instituted December 11, 1940 with the intention initially of rewarding those who had resisted and defeated the Communist regime of Bela Kun in 1919 and later, those who loyally served the Regent of Hungary and fought subversive elements during