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

2020-10-06

 

"In the first lines"

A Hungarian officer, 1/Lt Vilmos Bondor, with his German made MP-40 (Maschinenpistole 40) submachine gun in a trench somewhere along the first lines on the Eastern Front in the fall of 1942. The photograph is from a small series front-line photographs depicting this unknown officer.