HITLER’S IRON CROSS

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 414, 22 April 1937, Page 7

HITLER’S IRON CROSS

Praise for War Bravery. London, April 14. A document showing how LanceCorporal Adolf Hitler won the Iron Cross i<s a priz.. exhibit in an exhibition of German army archives. The recommendation for its av.iard was made by the commanding officer, Colonel von Godin, of the 16 h Bavarian Infantry, and is dated July 31, 1918. It rea/L “Since tli?< regiment’s departure for the front, Lance-Corporal Hitler ha.s been with it, and ha s behaved excellently in all engagemen s in which he took part, both in trench and open warfare. He was exemplar}’ In coolness and pluck as a runner, and always ready to volunteer to conv y messages to 'the most difficult situations under the greatest danger to life after the severing of all communications in difficult engagemen’s ■"Lt wsts du?, to his indefatigable and £elf-sacrificing activities that important messages get through despi e all obstacles. “Lance-Corporal Hitler, received the Iron Cross, second class, for bravery in the battle of Wytschae h on December 2, 1914. I consider thM he is fully worthy of ‘the Iron Cross, first class.”