Hungary, Kingdom. A National Defence Cross, C.1940 Newly Listed Wales" on the reverse

Wales" on the reverse

on period red silk sash

a cross formed in traditional Croatian wattle pattern

rounding Cape Horn and entering the Pacific on May 21

1757" on the obverse

Hungary, Kingdom. A National Defence Cross, C.1940 Newly Listed Wales" on the reverse(Nemzetvdelmi Kereszt). Instituted in 1940. In silvered zinc, measuring 39 mm (w) x 44 mm (h) inclusive of its laterally pierced ball suspension, bubbling evident in the zinc, on its original triangular ribbon with hook and eye, near extremely fine. Footnote: The National Defence Cross was instituted on December 11, 1940, with the initial intention of rewarding those who had resisted and defeated the Communist regime of Bela Kun in 1919 and latterly,