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

2017-07-07

" Levente Youth "

In the Hungarian inter-war period had many youth organisations. The Levente Youth had many members and many were also members from the Hungarian scouts as well. The members in the Levente had more military and defence characteristic, while the Hungarian Scout's were strictly non military. In this group photo, some Levente members have Scout insignia on. The wooden rifles were a part of the Levente equipment and are today a well sought after collector item.

 Various type's of Levente cap badge.



The belt buckle of the Hungarian Scouts

 The Hungarian Scouts shirt and the Levente Youth cap.