Honvéd-szobor (Soldier's Statue) by Zala György, 1893
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Budapest, September 2017
“Cannon metal statue of a soldier with a flag, who is honoured with a laurel wreath by Victory - a winged female figure. Bronze palm branch with on a ribbon: ‘A NEVTELEN HŐSÖKNEK’ (to the anonymous heroes); on the banner ‘SZABADSÁG VAGY HALÁL’ (Freedom or Death and on a bronze ribbon), ‘harcunk az igazak harca volt, győzelmünk a nemzet diadala’ (The real battle was to win the National triumph). Bronze palm branch with garland and text ‘MAGYAR / NOK’. Erected in memory of the freedom fighters who fought in 1848 in Buda Castle.” (Honvéd-szobor, Statues - Hither & Thither)
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