Hungary, Regency. An Army Badge, c.1942 Archive 1941 to May 9

1941 to May 9

topped by a Cyrillic inscription of “KIEV 1897”

while the blade sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard which bears double-sided central fouled anchors

issued in Insterburg on 29 March 1944 for three wounds suffered on 16

Republic (South Vietnam) awards:

Hungary, Regency. An Army Badge, c.1942 Archive 1941 to May 9Two piece construction, in cast aluminum, illustrating an Army soldier, grasping a rifle in his left hand and preparing to toss a grenade from his right hand, a post to his right with severed pieces of barbed wire strewn about, along with a tank firing away at the upper right, measuring 44. 8 mm in diameter, a blackened plate affixed to the reverse and incorporating and intact clip, very light contact, near extremely fine.