(Baltisches Kreuz)

Date Instituted

1919

Requirements

Participating in at last three months of figthing with the Freikorps in the Baltic area (in 1919).

Number awarded

21.839

Estimated price

€100-120 (2009)

Oberleutnant Franz Hulin of 8./Inf.Rgt. 453, 253. Infanterie-Division

(Courtesy of Kevin Huckfield)

Rudolf Pannier

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Comments

This was one of the few Freikorps awards that were allowed to be worn on uniforms during the Third Reich.

Photo courtesy of Black Cross Militaria

Sources used

Christopher Ailsby - World War 2 German medals and political awards
John R. Angolia - For Führer and Fatherland: Military awards of the Third Reich
David Littlejohn - Orders, decorations, medals and badges of the Third Reich
Detlev Niemann - Price Guide Germany 1871-1945 (2009)