Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed it secures the belt in

it secures the belt in place jst above the waist

where the prisoners were loaded onto trains

with some of the bullion wires having come loose over time

arriving in France

fabricated from blue dyed cotton with yellow piping down the side of each leg

Germany, Imperial. A 1914 Iron Cross I Class Newly Listed it secures the belt in(Eisernes Kreuz 1914 I. Klasse). Reinstituted 5 August 1914. (1914 1918 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central initial W, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse is plain and bears a vertical pinback with a round wire catch, marked 900 on pin with old museum mark