Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Newly Listed The 4th Company of the

The 4th Company of the [Royal Bavarian] 2nd Jäger Battalion was decimated and only a few groups strong when engaging a Romanian battery

From August 9 to November 27

all in red brass

red enamel chipping evident on two arms of the miniature Military Order of Bravery

Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Newly Listed The 4th Company of the(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.