Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Archive maker marked L/54 (Friedrich Orth

maker marked L/54 (Friedrich Orth

a black ink stamp commemorating the laying of the foundation

engraved "HALTON REGION TO T

in generally very fine condition

1917 at Military District No

Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Archive maker marked L/54 (Friedrich Orth(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.