KESSELRING'S HONOUR
HIGHEST NAZI DECORATION Rec. 1 p.m. LONDON, July 19. . The German News Agency announced that Hitler had presented Kesselring, commander of the German forces in Italy, with the Oak Leaves, with swords and diamonds, to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross: . ..
Reuter points out that this is one of the highest German military decorations, and has only so far been ■awarded to 13 members of the Ger--man fighting forcea, —
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 170, 20 July 1944, Page 5
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