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

2019-01-05

Lajos Gróf

Hungarian Artillery Sergeant

These are some of the photographs from the photo-heritage of artillery sergeant Lajos Gróf, taken between 1937-1941. The photographs gives a small glimpse of the everyday life, as well as the moments with friends and fellow Honvéd artillery soldiers.

The happy life during the summer-exercises.

 Everyday cleaning duty.

The Hungarian Artillery passes the border to Romania (Transylvania) during the 1940 return of Transylvania campaign.

Among friends by Artillery garden decor.

Posing for a group photograph in the regimental yard.

Lajos Gróf in 1941, in a trench field equipped.