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

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2016-05-30

Hungarian Tourist Association
The small tin plaque of the Hungarian Tourist Association in 1943, organizing the "Mátyás Tour".
King Mátyás (Matthias Corvinus, also called Matthias I king of Hungary and Croatia) was born in Kolozsvár, Transylvania (now Cluj-Napoca in Romania) in 1443. The Hungarian Tourist Association organized this tour in Transylvania wich belonged to Hungary in 1943, after the 1940 return.
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