Hungary, Kingdom. A Long Service Decoration, Officer Ii Class, C.1930 Newly Listed on a cotton blended backer

on a cotton blended backer

horizontal pinback with additional chain and safety pin for suspension

He successfully completed courses in Gun Laying (1910) and 1st Class Gunner (1913-14)

s forcesstill some 150 miles to the north

Spurred on by the exemplary war-like spirit of their commander

Hungary, Kingdom. A Long Service Decoration, Officer Ii Class, C.1930 Newly Listed on a cotton blended backer(Szolglati Dszrem). Instituted 1923. A leopold cross paty constructed of gilded bronze with green enamels on each arm and pebbled interior plane, the obverse centre bears a silver medallion of a crowned Hungarian shield encompassed by a wreath, the reverse is plain, measuring 34. 80 mm (w) x 38. 46 mm (h), weighing 16. 1 g, with suspension loop on red triangular ribbon with green and white stripes, very fine.