Hungarian Soldier Cigarette Case

[CMSgt]

I didn't see a forum to post this under, so I am showing it here. Moderators if you want to move that is okay with me.

I picked this case up in Tashkent, Uzbekistan when I was posted there. It is a presentation piece to "Valahol Oroszorszagban" who was a Hungarian, on the back of the case is signatures whom I think belonged to everyone in his unit or his friends. Would appreciate any information you can provide. Thanks

Jim

[J. Csernus]

hi

Valahol Oroszországban means somewhere in russia. It was a famous song among the hungarians, here you can listen to it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OURBjU3EeFM
TP maybe stands for Tábori Posta and the nummer is like the german feldpostnummer (but I'm just gueesing)
On the backside are names with ranks for sure, hdgy - hadnagy(second lieutenant) fhdgy- főhadnagy(first lieutenant), zls-zászlós (something like junker in german) hdp örm- hadapród őrmester (cadet sergeant). I ilke it sofar, but the eagle is a little bit odd on a hungarian cigarette case. Nice find!

[CMSgt]

Case

Hi Csernus,

Thanks for the information. Jim

[Tamás Sebestyén]

Hungarian cigarette case

Hi Jim

I agree with János, cool piece with a lot of character, T.P = Feldpost makes sense, signatures are period type, but that eagle is very strange. Hungarian officers of the Royal Army would have decorated it with the Hungarian coat of arms, even if one was a friend of the germans as the most of them were (till the first negative experience at the front). Officers have got very nationalist education, I have to emphasize that again.

Best regards
Tamás