Medal - Liberation of Transylvania

€280,043.00
LocationHungary
Year1940
TypeCommemorative medals › Military medals
CompositionZinc (Zinc Alloy)
Weight14.8 g
Diameter35.6 mm
Thickness2.6 mm
ShapeRound
Technique
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse descriptionMátyás Corvinus (1443-1490) King of Hungary from 1458 until his death.
Obverse lettering‘ERDÉLYI RÉSZEK FELSZABADULÁSÁNAK EMLÉKÉRE’ 1940
(Translation: Medal for the Liberation of Part of Transylvania 1940)
Obverse script
Reverse descriptionArms of Transylvania
Reverse letteringInscribed around the shield - ‘MÁTYÁS KIRÁLY SZÜLETÉSÉNEK 500 ÉVFORDULÓJÁN’ ‘VITÉZ Around the rim is inscribed - NAGYBÁNYAI HORTHY MIKLÓS KORMÁNYZÓ ORSÁGLÁSÁNAK XX ÉVÉBEN’
(Translation: King Mátyás 500th Anniversary of his Birthright In the 22nd Year of the Regency of Valiant Miklós Horthy de Nagybányai)
Reverse script
Engraver
Mintage1940  - -
Catalog ID9506446710
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