Lakatos Sarolta: Rendjelek és kitüntetések a JAM-ban (Jósa András Múzeum Kiadványai 39. Nyíregyháza, 1994)

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THE KNIGHT'S GIFT. KRISTÓF KÁLLAY'S DONATION OF DECORATIONS Prime Minister Miklós Kállay's (1942-44) son, dr KRISTÓF KÁLLAY, born in Nyíregyháza, ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the Holy See, and at the same time president of the Association of the Hungarian Order of Malta, presented an invaluable collection of thirty-three different decorations and orders to the András Jósa Museum in Nyíregyháza in 1988. The value of this collection is indicated by the fact that the individual pieces appear to be mainly of the highest grades - first or second — of certain decorations or orders. Geographically, seven of them come from Europe, four from Central Acan and South Acan countries whereas twelve decorations date back to the Hapsburg Empire, the time of the Danubian monarchy or are of Hungarian origin. The orders and decorations were founded during the period from 1429 to the 1950's and were awarded from the beginning of the 1900's to 1958. The majority of the decorations were conferred upon Baron altorjai GÁBOR APOR (1899-1969), former Hungarian ambassador to the Vatican, ex-Great Chancellor of the Sovereign Order of Malta, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the Order for services rendered. Among others there are the Badge of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1951, the Star of the Grand Cross of the Croatian Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir in 1942, the Star of the Grand Cross of the Hungarian Order of t in 1942, the Star of the Grand Cross of the Argentine Order of May in 1958. Former under - secretary Bárcziházi ISTVÁN BÁRCZY received the Grand Cross and the Star of the Order of St. Sylvester. In 1911 Emperor Francis Joseph 1 decorated Archbishop GENNARO GRANITO PIGNATELLI di BELMONTE, former apostolic nuncio, with the Star of the Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen. After presenting a survey of the history of the orders and decorations, the present work introduces the individual pieces of the Kállay collection and reviews the foundation of a given order and decoration as well. Sarolta Lakatos (Translated by Katalin Szerencsi)