Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Archive Badge shows nice patina and

Badge shows nice patina and wear

The numbers were bolstered after the Wehrmacht Invasion of the Balkans

German Document approving the Bestowal of the Italian Order

106 mm x 146 mm)

Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Archive Badge shows nice patina and(Leventeszervezetek). Instituted in 1921. In die stamped zinc alloy, measuring 38. 7 mm (w) x 58. 3 mm (h), with three pairs of die holes, one pair each located at the three points of the shield, the badge designed to be worn on the shoulder of the uniform, very light oxidation evident on the reverse, extremely fine. Footnote: Levente Associations were paramilitary youth organizations in Hungary in the interwar period and during the Second World War.