November 26, 2022
On November 26, our legitimate Order of Vitéz invested new Vitéz in the Lapidary of the Basilica in Pécs. Among others, two members of family Count Batthyány de Németújvár, Péter Hoppál , State Secretary for Culture, István Pálffy-Orbán, director of Duna Médiaszolgáltató Zrt., as well as Semjén Álmos and Botond, who became members of the Order of Vitéz. Colonel Antal Pallavicini, a martyr of the 1956 Revolution and War of Independence, who was executed during the communist reprisals, was posthumously appointed to the rank of Staff Captain.
Magyar Nemzet reported on the event; the article can be viewed at the following link:
https://magyarnemzet.hu/belfold/2022/11/a-legitim-vitezi-rend-uj-tagokat-avatott-pecsett
An article about the event was also published in Pécs Újság:
