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.

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Signallers of the Royal Hungarian Army used standard German Feld-Hell machines, possibly with Hungarian legends/labels. The equipment was a heavy and sensitive and required well trained soldiers physics and skills to operate well. The round field-antenna on the radio transmitter was a well known sign of the signaller squad, and had to be concealed during field conditions for the enemy spotters.