Conditions for awarding "Deutsche Kreuz in Gold"
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2004 4:12 am
Hi there,
I'm hoping some knowledgable forum member can help with this one.
I've come across a reference in an officer's Personalakten (personnel file) that says: "3 Bedingungen zum deutschen Kreuz erfüllt." (3 conditions for the German Cross fulfilled).
According to Horst Schiebert's book "Die Träger des deutschen Kreuzes in Gold", the DKiG was awarded "...for multiple extraordinary acts of bravery...".
My question therefore is how many acts of bravery were required before the DKiG was awarded? And are the "conditions" mentioned the same as acts of bravery? I was always under the impression that the DKiG could also be awarded for a single act of courage.
And this officer who had fulfilled 3 conditions never won the award.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Jason Mark
I'm hoping some knowledgable forum member can help with this one.
I've come across a reference in an officer's Personalakten (personnel file) that says: "3 Bedingungen zum deutschen Kreuz erfüllt." (3 conditions for the German Cross fulfilled).
According to Horst Schiebert's book "Die Träger des deutschen Kreuzes in Gold", the DKiG was awarded "...for multiple extraordinary acts of bravery...".
My question therefore is how many acts of bravery were required before the DKiG was awarded? And are the "conditions" mentioned the same as acts of bravery? I was always under the impression that the DKiG could also be awarded for a single act of courage.
And this officer who had fulfilled 3 conditions never won the award.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Jason Mark