A 1944-1949 Republic Of Hungary Order Of Merit; Grand Cross Hold Belt is fabricated from a

Belt is fabricated from a thick leather

marked on reverse "JL" (for Jacob Laser) and "750" (for 18Kt

was named its Registrar

awarded to Ferdinand I

and small groups of Red Army troops managed to escape the cauldron days after the German pincers met east of the city

A 1944-1949 Republic Of Hungary Order Of Merit; Grand Cross Hold Belt is fabricated from ac. 1946; In silver gilt with red, white and green enamels, engraved "1946" on the reverse centrepiece, 53. 8 mm, on its original full length sash with large rosette, intact enamels, scattered gilt wear and contact marks evident on the reverse centrepiece, extremely fine condition and very scarce.