Hungary Ultra Rare Overseas Cap -

[hunyadi]

Things must be getting bad - got this off the Hungarian Ebay for a fraction of the price that it was sold to another collector years ago. This is the ONLY one of these caps that I am aware of outside of the Budapest Military Museum. This is an "overseas" cap in the summer weight for the dreaded AVH - National Security Police Force - or secret police. This is properly stamped with the AVHKASZ (AVH Warehouse) on the interior - looks to be a 1950 date or possibly 1953. What makes this rare is that nearly every AVH piece of uniform was destroyed in the 1956 Revolution, once more rare is the pentagon insignia - this was only worn for a short period of time in the early 1950's. Anything AVH is already rare and this having the original pentagon makes it an ultra rare item.

[hunyadi]

These overseas caps were for enlisted men only. An image of the stamp

[Gordon Craig]

Charles,

That is a really nice piece. I don't remember seeing this one in the museum. Nice to have reference pictures of line for this rare item.

Regards,

Gordon