Hungary, Regency. An Army Badge, c.1942 Archive while the blade sits securely

while the blade sits securely within a gilded bronze crossguard which bears double-sided central fouled anchors

topped by a Cyrillic inscription of “KIEV 1897”

marked FIRMIN & SONS

Footnote: The Prince Edward Island Light Horse was first organized in 1901

Hungary, Regency. An Army Badge, c.1942 Archive while the blade sits securelyTwo piece construction, in cast aluminum, illustrating an Army soldier, grasping a rifle in his left hand and preparing to toss a grenade from his right hand, a post to his right with severed pieces of barbed wire strewn about, along with a tank firing away at the upper right, measuring 44. 8 mm in diameter, a blackened plate affixed to the reverse and incorporating and intact clip, very light contact, near extremely fine.