Your continued efforts at home and at the front, your courage and your honor continue to do your Vaterland proud. In recognition of the efforts of our brave Soldaten, it fills me with pride to announce that, following a special session of the Ehrenkommission, the Oberkommando of the Rheinwehr hereby issues the following honors and awards:.
Receiving the Iron Cross, 2nd Class:
Bootsmann Daniel Erich Hohenstaufen
Kapitänleutnant Erik Heindrich
Hochachtungsvoll,
Karl-Heinz von Thielau, Erzherzog zu Stuttgart
Großadmiral der Kaiserlichen Rheinwehr