Cross for National Defense
The Cross for National Defense ( Hungarian Nemzetvédelmi Kereszt ) was donated on December 11, 1940 by the Reich Administrator and Head of State Miklós Horthy in recognition of services to the protection of the Kingdom of Hungary and national defense in a single class.
Eligibility to propose and award criteria
The right to propose which should lead to the award of the Order's Cross was incumbent on the Prime Minister, who then obtained the approval (or refusal) of the Council of Ministers. The extremely patriotic and flowery puffed up sentence 2 of paragraph 1 of the decree, which incidentally only consisted of a single sentence, read as follows: “The cross can be awarded to all persons who at the time of the severe visits during the Hungarian communes, or else In the difficult years of foreign occupation of the areas separated from the fatherland and later reintegrated into the Holy Crown (meaning here Southern Hungary, Upper Hungary and Transylvania) with unbreakable, Hungarian beliefs that mutilated our fatherland and weakened the Hungarian nation fought forces and in the interests of Self-assertion of Hungary and Hungary at the risk of their lives found a self-sacrificing attitude. "
Appearance
The award is a silver oxidized paw cross 38 mm in size, the edges (bars) of which taper towards the middle. On the upper cross arm there is a ball suspension that is drilled horizontally. The suspension ring is attached to it. On the front of the cross, the Hungarian coat of arms can be seen in the center of the triangular shield. The Stephanskrone rests above it . The reverse also shows a triangular shield in the center with the three-line inscription A / HAZAÉRT / 1940 (For the Fatherland 1940).
Carrying method
The cross is carried on a 40 mm wide ribbon, which reflects the national colors of Hungary, red, white and green. The ribbon itself is green and red and is cut in the middle by a 5 mm wide white strip. Following the Hungarian tradition, the award was worn on a triangular ribbon over the left breast pocket.
See also
literature
- Roman von Procházka : Austrian Order Handbook. Ed .: Graf Klenau OHG, Munich 1974, p. 134.
- Ágnes Makai and Vera Héri: Kereszt, Érem, Csillag - Kitüntetések a magyar történelemben. Helikon, Kiadó 2002.