volume x, issue 4 - new hungarian voice

FRONTHARCOS!Pictured at left(shown half-size) are twoissues of a publication thatwas entirely unknown tome: Frontharcos –the pre-Magyar Frontperiodical of the HungarianVeterans’ Association.Before becoming anindependent nationalorganization, the veterans’association was a part ofthe conservative andnationalistic M.O.V.E.(Magyar OrszágosVéderő Egylet).The Veteran’sMemorial InsigniaOne of the articles in the latter issueis about the “Veteran’s MemorialInsignia” (Kegyeleti frontharcosjelvény).It announced that the leadershipof the association has instituteda new memorial insignia, or plaque forthe tombstones of frontline fighters.Similar in design to the standardmembership badge but fifteen timeslarger, it would be produced inweather-resistant metal.Family members of deceasedcombatants could obtain the memorialplaque, free of charge, by providingdocumentation of their frontlineservice. For those soldiers who werenot awarded the First World Warcombatants’ Karl Troops’ Cross, orKárolycsapatkereszt, but who qualifiedfor it, the plaque could be purchased bytheir descendants provided that theyhad the appropriate frontline servicedocuments.CZINK COLLECTIONThe April 1930 issue(orange cover) was theirfirst one, and the examplewith the green cover is fromJune of 1931. The veterans’association continued toexist within M.O.V.E. untilFebruary 17 th , 1932.6