The group of statues at the entrance commemorate the Hungarian hunters of the army. The Brother–in–Arms can be seen at the exit.
The First World War Memorial by Kisfaludi Strobl Zsigmond is in Városmajor in district 12 and it commemorates the Hungarian hunters of the army.
One of the two hunters, the figure on the right, a First World War veteran, is taking a step down the pedestal giving place to a younger, World War II soldier, who is looking up at him with respect. Prónay Pál was the model of the elder soldier.
The statues had already been made by 1940 but they were only erected on 11 May 1941. Curiously, it cannot be seen in its original form today as the elder soldier used to wear a feathered hat typical of hunters, which resembled the one gendarmes used to have.
For this reason the head of the alleged “gendarme statue” on the right was replaced in 1949 and as a result, the monument could remain unaltered. The new head with the national defence cap was made by the original creator, Kisfaludi Strobl Zsigmond.
The joint infantry of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy consisted of 102 infantry regiments altogether, out of that 47 were recruited from the area of the Kingdom of Hungary. In the armed forces of the Monarchy the hunters were considered an elite light infantry with 26 separate battalions, out of which 8 were recruited in Hungary.
Orbán Antal’s statue titled Brother–in–Arms was made in 1926 and it was erected by public subscription. The bronze monument, which depicts a First World War private holding his fellow-soldier killed in action, is in Savoyai square in the garden of the Roman Catholic church. The statue is 2,5 m tall. This work of art was made in the genre of heroic statues of the age and it emphasizes the self-sacrifice of the man saving his fellow-soldier. It was designed by Kisfaludi Strobl Zsigmond, just like the statues of the hunters at the entrance of the exhibition. The work of art commemorating the heroes of Nyíregyháza and Szabolcs county in the First World War was unveiled on 21st October 1928.
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The group of statues at the entrance commemorate the Hungarian hunters of the army. The Brother–in–Arms can be seen at the exit.
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