Badge Identity help

[madtheswine99]

Can anyone tell me about this badge, marked on the back Ges Gesch.

[conrado]

Hello,

This is a German pin with the coat of arms of Gdańsk dated 1939.

Regards
Konrad

[madtheswine99]

Would this be German as it is marked Ges Gesch. I knew it was Polish.

[toot]

weren't the GERMANS in control of that city, during WW2?

[Aldo]

look up Danziger Kreuz

[rsunday]

Hello
Gdansk/Danzing was Free Town (with both Polish and German authorities between 1st and 2nd world wars. During WW2 was occupied by Germans like bigger part of Poland.
Cheers
Rafal