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Entrenched German soldiers behind sniper plates at Slota Gora, September 26, 1916. Slota (or Zlota) Gora was in Polish Russia, west of a line running from Warsaw to Cracow. An original watercolor (over pencil) by O. Oettel, 12th company of Landwehr, IR 32 in the field. A sketch in pencil and red crayon is on the reverse.
Text:
Slota Gora
26.9.16
O.Oettel 12L.32.
I. Felde
Zlota Gora
September 26, 1916
O. Oettel, 12th Landwehr 32nd Regiment
In the Field

Entrenched German soldiers behind sniper plates at Slota Gora, September 26, 1916. Slota (or Zlota) Gora was in Polish Russia, west of a line running from Warsaw to Cracow. An original watercolor (over pencil) by O. Oettel, 12th company of Landwehr, IR 32 in the field. A sketch in pencil and red crayon is on the reverse.

Image text

Slota Gora

26.9.16

O.Oettel 12L.32.

I. Felde



Zlota Gora

September 26, 1916

O. Oettel, 12th Landwehr 32nd Regiment

In the Field

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"Entrenched German soldiers behind sniper plates at Slota Gora, September 26, 1916. Slota (or Zlota) Gora was in Polish Russia, west of a line running from Warsaw to Cracow. An original watercolor (over pencil) by O. Oettel, 12th company of Landwehr, IR 32 in the field. A sketch in pencil and red crayon is on the reverse."

Image Text

Slota Gora

26.9.16

O.Oettel 12L.32.

I. Felde



Zlota Gora

September 26, 1916

O. Oettel, 12th Landwehr 32nd Regiment

In the Field

Image Date

Tuesday, September 26, 1916

Month, Year

September, 1916

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Watercolor, 1916, artist, Oettel, 1916-09-26, trench, soldier, O. Oettel, Otto Oettel, sniper plate, sniper