Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Archive maker marked L/54 (Friedrich Orth

maker marked L/54 (Friedrich Orth

a black ink stamp commemorating the laying of the foundation

court-mounted with posts and nuts on the reverse for display mounting

in generally very fine condition

Footnote: The Philippine Liberation Medal is a military award of the Republic of the Philippines which was created by an order of Commonwealth Army of the Philippines Headquarters on December 20

Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Archive maker marked L/54 (Friedrich Orth(Leventeszervezetek). Instituted in 1921. In die stamped zinc alloy, measuring 38. 7 mm (w) x 58. 3 mm (h), with three pairs of die holes, one pair each located at the three points of the shield, the badge designed to be worn on the shoulder of the uniform, very light oxidation evident on the reverse, extremely fine. Footnote: Levente Associations were paramilitary youth organizations in Hungary in the interwar period and during the Second World War.