Hungary, Kingdom. A National Defence Cross, C.1940 Auction Archive the United Kingdom and Continental

the United Kingdom and Continental Europe during the Second World War

and the anti-Soviet Hilfswillige Russian volunteers were encircled and defeated

They are going to destroy important enemy supply lines

Following the collapse of the Reich Skorzeny was held as a POW for more than two years to be tried as a war criminal at the Dachau Trials in 1947 for violating the laws of war during the Battle of the Bulge for improper use of American uniforms

reverse crown with hand engraved detailing

Hungary, Kingdom. A National Defence Cross, C.1940 Auction Archive the United Kingdom and Continental(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,