Tűzkereszt means “Fire Cross”, a Hungarian military decoration awarded for front-line combat service between 1941 and 1943.

Hungarian Military History Archive

An online archive preserving Hungarian and Austro-Hungarian military history through original photographs, awards, documents, and research material.

ESTABLISHED 2010

2015-03-26

The Cavalry Lance Corporal

A nice and sharp photograph of a Hungarian lance-corporal. The image originates from a glass-negative heritage of a studio-photographer. The image is scanned in fill size without any cropping been made. Usually the glass plates were re-used and occasionally saved for extra prints for the customer. The sides were cropped by the photographer as the paper-print was developed and the retouch were made direct on to the wet glass negative as it was developed (hence the clear middle).
I have a few more of the same heritage and will publish them here on the web page later. 

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