Vice-Consul, was decorated today with the cross of merit of the Order of the German Red Cross in appreciation of his efforts on behalf of German nationals in Shanghai after the outbreak of hostilities last August.
The presentation was made by the German Charge d'Affaires, Mr. M. Fischer, in the presence of Mr. S. Lahrmann, chief of the China group of the National Socialist party.
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