The Order of the Holy Crown brest star with swords and war decoration

The Order of the Holy Crown (Hungarian: Magyar Szent Korona Rend) was founded informally in 1942 by the Hungarian Imperial Administrator and Head of State Miklós Horthy, was given statutes on March 3, 1943 and was intended to be awarded exclusively to foreigners who had rendered services to the country had. For example, B. Joachim von Ribbentrop in 1944 the Grand Cross with swords.

Order classes

The order consisted of eight classes
• Grand Cross
• Commander's Cross 1st and 2nd Class
•Officer
•Knight
• Gold Cross of Merit
• Silver Cross of Merit
• Bronze Cross of Merit

All classes could be awarded for military merit with crossed swords through the cross angles. It was also possible to award the war decoration (a green enameled oak leaf wreath under the arms of the cross) for services rendered in times of war. Therefore, there are medals with swords or the war decoration as well as with swords and the war decoration.

Order decoration

The medal's symbol is a gold-rimmed, white-enamelled cross. In the green enameled medallion, which is surrounded by a dense laurel wreath, is the golden crown of St. Stephen.
The Cross of Merit is made of bronze, without enamel and is gold-plated or silver-plated in the individual classes.

Carrying method

The Grand Cross was worn on a sash from the right shoulder to the left hip and with an eight-pointed breast star on which the order's emblem rested. Commanders' Cross 1st and 2nd Class decorated the award as a neck medal, Commanders 1st Class additionally decorated it with a four-pointed breast star. The Officer's Cross was worn as a medal, knight's cross and cross of merit on a ribbon on the left side of the chest. The ribbon is red.
carrier
• Johann Adolf Graf von Kielmansegg
• Walter Hertel
• Otto Neumann