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Miniature green enamel cross pattée with crossed swords between the arms, the arms with white enamel panels, on laterally-pierced ball suspension; the face with a circular central red enamel medallion bearing the imposed gilt metal cross of St Stephen supported by the crown of St Stephen resting upon three hills within a green enamel and gilt circular laurel wreath; the reverse with a circular central gilt medallion inscribed ‘SI DEUS PRO NOBIS QUIS CONTRA NOS’ (If God is for us, who can be against us); diameter 16.65mm (0.65 inch); on replaced correct military division ribbon;. The Order was instituted in 1922 by Admiral Miklós Horthy de Nagybánya, Regent of Hungary, for outstanding merit, both military and civil. The Order is rare, especially in miniature.
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