A German navy pig swam to a British warship — and got an Iron Cross 🐷

A German navy pig swam to a British warship — and got an Iron Cross 🐷 . . . On March 15, 1915, the British cruiser HMS Glasgow sank the German raider SMS Dresden off Chile. A pig aboard the Dresden jumped into the sea and swam toward the enemy ship. Sailors hauled him up, named him Tirpitz after the German admiral, and mock-awarded him an Iron Cross. In 1919, he was auctioned for 1,785 pounds — for the British Red Cross.