Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 United Republic of Anderson of the 120th Infantry

Anderson of the 120th Infantry Battalion

The First World War medals are un-mounted

with the front and rear emblazoned with red

from McMaster University in Hamilton

existed in Italy

Hungary, Kingdom. A Levente Youth Badge, C.1940 United Republic of Anderson of the 120th Infantry(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.