page_title: Parachutist Badge (Hungary)
section_title: 1940–1945
hierarchical_section_title: Parachutist Badge (Hungary) / History / 1940–1945
caption_attribution_description: Magyar: Magyar Királyi Honvédség Ejtőernyős Jelvény oxidált változat
context_page_description: The Hungarian Defence Forces awards four classes Parachutist Badges to those qualified as military parachutists. The latest version is awarded since 1990.
context_section_description: The first official Parachutist Badges were introduced into the Royal Hungarian Army on February 14. 1940. A domed parachute opened with two wings at each side, and in the middle a skull, and underneath two crossed fighting knives. Two classes were awarded. A gold sawn on a green cloth for officers, and silver sawn on a green cloth for NCO's and conscripted soldiers. The badges were worn above the wright pocketflaps. Their parameters were: 80x36 mm, and the parachute 25 mm's wide.
  There were also metal badges introduced during the war for combat uniforms. Because if a Hungarian paratrooper was captured by Soviet troops they were shot immediately.
  The famous Royal Hungarian 1st Parachute Battalion, later regiment was formed as the Kingdom of Hungary's primary airborne force. Its first commanding officer was Major vitéz Árpád Bertalan. After his death Captain István Ugron was his successor.
caption: Royal Hungarian Army Parachutist Badge oxidized version
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