Hausner Gábor szerk.: A Hadtörténeti Múzeum Értesítője = Acta Musei Militaris in Hungaria. 8. (Budapest, 2005)

KÖZLEMÉNYEK - BACZONI TAMÁS: Övcsatok az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchiában 1888-tól 1918-ig és Magyarországon 1920-tól 1945-ig

buckle, decorated with the fire fighters' insignia, encircled by ears of wheat, but they differed in size (the parade dress buckle was smaller). The NCOs and EM only had the service dress belt buckle, stamped from iron-plate and decorated only with the fire fighters' insignia. The board members of the Hungarian Red Cross were supplied with a uniform in 1942, complete with a parade dress belt, made of grey artificial silk. It had an "Air-Force-type" buckle, but instead of the eagle and the motto, it was decorated with a cross. Distinctive belt buckles of the military secondary schools, nickel-plated oval shaped belt buckles of stamped brass, displaying the Holy Crown, appeared in 1928. The members of other uniformed organizations too wore belt buckles: Members of the "Levente" Youth wore round interlocking-type belt buckles, decorated with the insignia of the movement ("L" with a double cross). Various forms of this belt-buckle are known, made of brass or aluminium. The boy-scouts had the international interlocking-type brass belt buckle, decorated with the Holy Crown over the fleur-de-lys, and the frame bearing the motto "LÉGY RÉSEN!" (Be prepared!). Variations can be found with the mottos "HUNGÁRIA", "JÓ MUNKÁT!" (Good work!). A special belt buckle was made in 1933, on the occasion of the Gödöllő Jamboree: the middle-piece was decorated with the wonder-hind (a mythic animal of the ancient Hungarians), and the frame had the inscription "JAMBOREE". The paramilitary organisation MOVE (Hungarian National Defence Association) had a rectangular belt buckle, decorated with the insignia of the movement, made of brass-alloy. For the officials of the Foreign Ministry a dress uniform was introduced in 1939, but very seldom worn. A silk belt with a round buckle, decorated with the coat of arms, belonged to this uniform. The ethnic German organizations in Hungary had German-style uniforms and belt buckles. Volksbund officials wore a round belt buckle, similar to the SS officer buckle, but decorated with the special Volksbund insignia (a swastika with curved arms). (Translated by the author)