HITLER'S IRON CROSS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 40, 10 November 1937, Page 15

HITLER'S IRON CROSS

How Did He Win It? J ' ' " V - . ♦ ; Since Hprr Hitler c»nxe to p PWf? there has bepn some cpntrovergy bPth ih Gei-niany and abrogd as tp how he wori hjs Iron Cross during the warA doeument which is npw'hqing **- hihited at jPpfcsdam in connection with the opeiiing of thq new German Afmy Regorda Offlee reems to gettlq thb mat* ter once and for all (s&ys the Daily Telegraph). 'This is the recpmnxendation drawn «p en Juiy 31, 1918, by th« Com" mander pf the 6rd Compeny of th# 15th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regin m§nt, in which Her? Hitler sgrvcd. 'it jrnns as fpllowsJr— Lanqe-qprporal (voluntecr) Hitler, Third Qpmpany. Hitler has been with the regiment sincq the hcelp ning pf the wgr, apd has given a gpiendid account bf himseji in alj the engageme'nts ip wh}eh he haq , ta.ken part. As* qompany rpnner he displayetj both in open and in trench warfarq exemplary qoolness and spirit, apd -he was always ready*to vplunteer to carry through messages' in tfia most diffieult pps.itjpns and at great risk tp his lifb, 1 After the cptting pf .all cpmrnuni^ i catipps in a critieal sitnatipn it wa? ; due tp Hitler's indefatigablg and i self-sacrificing actiyity that ini» . pprtapt mesgages got thrpugh de^ pplte all dlff}cuitlgp. " Ifjtlpr," ihe 'doppipent cpntlpues, "rpccived the Iron Crgsj? (gqcond ciasg) fp? gaiiapt copdpct in th§ Battle of Wyt?Chaete pn Deqember 2, J914, I yegard him as fully wprthy to be dpcorated Wifh the Iron Grosg (first plass)'," The recommendation is signed by thp C.O., Baron von Godin.'