Gold Cross Explained

Gold Cross or Golden Cross may refer to:

Awards

• Army Gold Cross, British Army award of the Napoleonic wars
• German awards:
  • German Cross in Gold, a Nazi Germany military award
  • Cross of Honor of the German Mother, a Nazi Germany civilian award
  • Spanish Cross in Gold, a Nazi Germany award given to certain Germans who participated in the Spanish Civil War
  • One of the grades of the Badge of Honour of the Armed Forces (Bundeswehr), a German Federal Republic award
• One of the classes of the Greek Order of the Redeemer
• Gold Cross (Philippines), a decoration of the Armed Forces of the Philippines
• Polish awards:
  • Cross of Merit (Poland) (Golden Cross of Merit), a Polish award instituted in 1923
  • Cross of Merit with Swords (Gold Cross of Merit with Swords), a Polish military award instituted in 1942

Places in the United Kingdom

• Golden Cross, Herstmonceux, East Sussex, a hamlet in the Pevensey Levels
• Golden Cross, East Sussex, a small village in Chiddingly parish
• Monkland and Stretford, Herefordshire, an electoral ward and crossroads

Buildings in the United Kingdom

• Golden Cross, Cardiff, a public house
• Golden Cross, Coventry, a public house
• Golden Cross, Oxford, a shopping arcade
• Golden Cross, Shrewsbury, a public house

Other uses

• Golden cross in technical analysis of financial securities, a particular, considered bullish, signal
• Golden Cross mine, New Zealand
• Golden Cross (TV series), 2014 South Korean TV series
• Cicindela aurofasciata, a species of tiger beetle, sometimes called the 'gold cross'

See also

• Cross of Gold speech