GERMAN'S IRON CROSSES
When a number of the British seamen who had been held captive on the German raider were about to be land-! cd on Entirau Island, the German captain remarked to them that he was sorry that they had been so crowded. A bewhiskered and tough-looking fire-i man from the Rarigitane slapped him on the back and said “That’s all right. What about giving us one of your Iron Crosses as a souvenir?” The captain was wearing several of these, ' apparently awarded for his achievements in sinking ships in this war and the last war. The captain laughed and replied, “Oh, well, I’ll probably get some more and perhaps after the war I’ll post you one.” This is one of the stories told by Captain Fish, of the Komata, which was sunk off Nauru Island. Captain Fish is now in the Napier Hospital. He said that nearly all the Germans spoke very good English, and were very free and easy in their manner.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20471, 4 February 1941, Page 5
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