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

2016-10-19

" Front-line Front page "
The May 1943 issue of the picture magazine Magyar Futár (The Hungarian Courier).
The photograph, originally in black and white that was hand coloured for the magazine cover-page had lost almost all colour and faded through the years, had to be digitally restored.

The original photograph for the cover-page of the magazine.

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