Danzig Cross; First Class Newly Listed A First War Austrian Order

A First War Austrian Order of Leopold with Case by C

at the age of 66

gold train lace enclosing a blue cloth face bearing the embroidered Royal Arms

signed in ink

Danzig Cross; First Class Newly Listed A First War Austrian OrderTwo piece construction, bronze gilt with white enamels, unmarked, 43 mm x 61 mm, vertical pinback, intact enamels, light contact, worn yet extremely fine. One of the finest examples of this type we have offered. Approximately only 88 awards one of the rarest awards of the Third Reich. Footnote: The Danziger cross was donated by the Head of State of the Free City of Danzig , Gauleiter Albert Forster on 31 August 1939 and for services to the