✚11484✚ Hungarian Kingdom WW2 National Defence Cross Nemzetvédelmi Kereszt 1940

Original Hungarian Kingdom National Defence Cross (Nemzetvédelmi Kereszt) - 1940, IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, ON GREAT GENUINE TRIFOLD RIBBON, A GREAT EXAMPLE WITH ATTRACTIVE FINISH - THE AWARD IS NOT OFTEN SEEN, IN PARTICULAR WITH THIS GOOD FINISH (USUALLY BUBBLES APPEAR ON THE FINISH)

HISTORY OF THE AWARD:

National Defence Cross (Nemzetvédelmi Kereszt), 1940 - Silvered metal cross pattée, the arms stippled, with laterally-pierced ball suspension; the face with the arms of Hungary imposed centrally; the reverse with a central escutcheon inscribed ‘A HAZÁÉRT’ (for the Homeland) and dated ‘1940'. The Cross was instituted 11 December 1940 with the intention initially of rewarding those who had resisted and defeated the Communist regime of Bela Kun in 1919 and latterly those who loyally served the Regent of Hungary and fought subversive elements during World War II.