Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1918 — WEARS GERMAN SHIELD [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WEARS GERMAN SHIELD

The body armor this American officer is wearing shows how the Germans have reverted to ancient methods to protect their troops in this war. The Americans recovered this shield from a dugout in a German trench after a successful raid “somewhere in France.”