Hungary, Kingdom. A Decoration Of The Hungarian Red Cross, Merit Cross With Case Auction measuring 73 mm (w) x

measuring 73 mm (w) x 104 mm (h))

presenting alternated lions and castles in each quadrant also im silver gilt

and trimmed on two sides with machine-embroidered silver aluminum wire tresses

The trousers have suffered from light mothing

Photograph of Fred and Jack Towers

Hungary, Kingdom. A Decoration Of The Hungarian Red Cross, Merit Cross With Case Auction measuring 73 mm (w) xConstructed of gilded silver with multi coloured enamels, consisting of a Ruppert style cross with the tip of each arm completing in a scalloped edge, joined together through the quadrants by pebbled sun rays, the obverse bearing a central white enameled shield overlaid by red enameled Geneva Cross, topped by a Crown of St. Stephen, the obverse bearing a central engraved inscription of CRUX RUBRA HUNGARICA (HUNGARIAN RED CROSS), flanked by a date of