Hungary, Kingdom. An Order of the Holy Crown, Officer with Swords and War Decoration, c.1943 Newly Listed Constructed of silvered and gilded

Constructed of silvered and gilded zinc

An air-mail contract with Canada Post was one of the methods by which TCA was financed

in packet of issue

original ribbon suspended from a traditional Spanish-style horizontal hanger with pinback

The chin strap is lightly cracked with a minimal 1 mm tear between the 7th and 8th adjustment hole

Hungary, Kingdom. An Order of the Holy Crown, Officer with Swords and War Decoration, c.1943 Newly Listed Constructed of silvered and gilded(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,