This 1934 photo shows my father, Szabo Jozsef (1903-1989), second from left and fellow non-com Horvath Janos, Royal Hungarian Army (Honvedseg) doing their "thing" to a machine gun. The boots must have been standard footwear for duty. - Note the third "man" is a poster on the wall (no legs!).

Machine gun

A group of just promoted sergeants junior grade (szakaszvezeto), Royal Hungarian Army, posing for this 1934 photo. Standing on the right is my father, Szabo Jozsef

Hungarian sergeants junior grade

1933 photo of my mother and father (the young boy is her nephew). They would marry 2 years later... My father, Szabo Jozsef is a Royal Hungarian buck sergeant (Magyar Kiralyi Honved szakaszvezeto), he is 30 yrs. old on this picture; the bayonet at that time was part of the attire when go on pass. - Bayonetting one and other was unheard of... Another regulation was, that a professional soldier had to wait until he attained the rank of sergeant first class to be able to get married (i.e. to draw family pay).