Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Hold whilst with a working party

whilst with a working party repairing wire entanglements in front of the trenches at Hill 60

Bischofswerda camp

A Luftwaffe Officer’s Belt Buckle - constructed of molded aluminum

with plain reverse presenting maker’s cartouche of LACTINHVIEN

Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 Hold whilst with a working party(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.