Medal - Liberation of Transylvania

Location Hungary
Year 1940
Type Commemorative medal
Composition Zinc (Zinc Alloy)
Weight 14.8 g
Diameter 35.6 mm
Thickness 2.6 mm
Shape Round
Technique
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Edge
Period
Notice
Reference(s)
Obverse description Mátyás Corvinus (1443-1490) King of Hungary from 1458 until his death.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering ‘ERDÉLYI RÉSZEK FELSZABADULÁSÁNAK EMLÉKÉRE’ 1940
(Translation: Medal for the Liberation of Part of Transylvania 1940)
Reverse description Arms of Transylvania
Reverse script
Reverse lettering Inscribed 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)
Mintage
Numisquare ID 9506446710
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