Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Danzig Cross, I Class, By Hülse Archive Shield type Police Badge “Vancouver

Shield type Police Badge “Vancouver Special Police”

the Trans-Danube Cross

Die-stamped bronze with red and white enamels

attached to a brown wool packing

He was born on December 25

Germany, Third Reich. A Rare Danzig Cross, I Class, By Hülse Archive Shield type Police Badge “Vancouver(Danziger Kreuz, I. Klasse). Instituted 31 August 1939 by Gauleiter Albert Forster. (1939 1940 issue). Constructed of gilded bronze with enamels, consisting of an elongated Cross Patte with a gilt frame, the obverse with white enameled arms highlighted on the interior with gilt borders, the centre and twelve oclock arm overlaid by double gilt Cross Pattes topped by a stylized crown, the reverse with two visible rivets securing the obverse applique in