| Danzig Cross Danziger Kreuz | |
|---|---|
_ribbon.svg){kind=small} Ribbon: Danzig Cross, second class | |
| Type | Merit award |
| Awarded for | Building up the Nazi Party in Danzig |
| Description | Two class decoration |
| Presented by | German Danzig |
| Eligibility | Nazi Party members |
| Established | 31 August 1939 |
| First awarded | 24 October 1939 |
| Total | 88 first class 253 second class |
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The Danzig Cross (German: Danziger Kreuz) was a Nazi decoration of the Free City of Danzig. The Cross was instituted on 31 August 1939 as a two grade decoration by Danzig Gauleiter Albert Forster. It was awarded to those, both in Danzig and in the wider Reich, who contributed to building up the Nazi Party in the Free City prior to its incorporation into Germany on 1 September 1939.[1]
By December 1939, 88 first class and 253 second class crosses had been awarded, most of them in a ceremony on 24 October 1939. Hans Frank was a recipient of the award on 19 May 1940.[2]
- ^ Littlejohn & Dodkins 1968, pp. 218–219.
- ^ Miller 2015, p. 452.