Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1918 — Ribbons Substituted for Iron Crosses. [ARTICLE]

Ribbons Substituted for Iron Crosses.

In Germany iron Is so scarce that enough cannot be spared to make all the Iron Crosses needed to carry out the government’s policy of wholesale distribution of war honors. At least, such a condition Is strongly indicated by a souvenir from a battlefield that ‘ has been received in this country. It is a black and white ribbon which the sender, a medical officer, asserts is one of many that/have been awarded In lieu of crosses. The ribbon was found on the body ,/of a dead enemy.—Popular Mechanics Magazine.