Matthias Corvinus Badge of Honor

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The Matthias Corvinus Badge of Honor was donated on October 11, 1930 by the Hungarian imperial administrator and head of state Miklós Horthy and awarded for services to science , literature and art .

Classes

The award consists of three classes:

  • Chain
  • wreath
  • Badge of honor

Order decoration

All three classes differ in their shape.

The first class, the award of which is limited to 15 people, consists of a narrow gold chain to which a gold round medal is attached, which is surrounded by two allegorical naked female figures. A narrow band with the inscription PRO SCIENTIA LITTERIS ET ARTIBUS (For science, literature and art) runs over their heads . The medal shows the bust, turned to the left, of Matthias Corvinus , the king who ruled from 1458 to 1490, with the inscription MATHIAS REX HUNGARIAE (Matthias King of Hungary).

The second class, which was awarded exclusively to residents, the number of which was limited to 80, is a four-fold round silver laurel wreath with a gold-rimmed coat of arms of the Hunyadi in its center . The coat of arms shows an eagle with bent wings , looking to the right , sitting on a branch and holding a ring in its beak .

The III. Class, exclusively for foreigners and limited to 12 carriers, is a silver eight-pointed breast star with angular rays on which a blue enamelled cross rests. The first class medallion is affixed to it, which is enclosed by a white enamelled ring with the black inscription SCIENTIA LITTERIS ET ARTIBUS .

Carrying method

The first class is around the neck, the II. And III. Class worn as a breast star on the right side.

Others

With the end of the Kingdom of Hungary on December 21, 1944, the award was no longer awarded. In 1991 the new foundation took place in just one class (Corvinus chain), which can be awarded to both residents and foreigners. The number of owners is limited to twelve living members.

literature

  • Ágnes Makai, Vera Héri: Kereszt, Érem, Csillag. Kitüntetések a magyar történelemben. Helikon Kiadó, Budapest 2002, ISBN 963-208-758-5 .
  • Arnhard Graf Klenau: European Order from 1700. Klenau Rosenheim 1978, ISBN 3-921566-05-3 , p. 211
  • Roman Freiherr von Procházka: Austrian Order Handbook , Ed .: Graf Klenau OHG, Munich 1974, p. 136

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