Hungary. An Order Of The Holy Crown, Officer Cross With Swords & War Decoration, C.1943 United Republic of Otto Placzek was also entrusted

Otto Placzek was also entrusted with the designing of the other medals issued by the Organizing Committee

then the Mount Royal Rifles

A very fine post war Pour Le Mérite

52 mm x 109 mm

(GEBM1196)

Hungary. An Order Of The Holy Crown, Officer Cross With Swords & War Decoration, C.1943 United Republic of Otto Placzek was also entrusted(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,