Hungary Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary Grand Cross 1946

vgAg 63x58 mm.; Enameled; without original ribbon; original name: Magyar koztarsasagi Érdemrend; only 121 people awarded the cross; The order was established on September 14, 1946. The Order is intended to reward Hungarian and foreign citizens for their services in protecting the interests of independent democratic Hungary. The order was established in five degrees and a medal of the order in three classes.