(Danziger Kreuz)

Date Instituted

31 August 1939

Requirements

Awarded for merit in building up the NSDAP in Danzig.

Number awarded

88 (1st Class) + 253 (2nd Class)

Recipients

Holders of the Danzig Cross, 1st Class

Estimated price (2009)

1st Class - €1.600-2.000
2nd Class - €500-600


Oberstleutnant der Polizei Hans Griep

(Courtesy of Allan Rose)

Comments

It was awarded in two classes:
1st Class


2nd class


Photo courtesy of Rusfront & Raz

Sources used

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