Pope Benedict XV, holding a basket of olive leaves, uses a megaphone to address troops fighting — shooting, bayoneting, using rifles as clubs — in uniforms of France, Germany, Turkey, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Australia.
Title at the top:
A Päpa Bëkeszözata 1917
The Pope's Words of Peace, 1917
At the bottom:
XV Benedek Vigëcz:
Pardon Uraim! Szëp Müpätmät tesseneh. . .
The Pope issued his message on August 1, 1917.
Watercolor postcard by Schima Martos.

Title at the top:

A Päpa Bëkeszözata 1917

The Pope's Words of Peace, 1917.

At the bottom:

XV Benedek Vigëcz:

Pardon Uraim! Szëp Müpätmät tesseneh. . .

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"Pope Benedict XV, holding a basket of olive leaves, uses a megaphone to address troops fighting — shooting, bayoneting, using rifles as clubs — in uniforms of France, Germany, Turkey, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Australia.
Title at the top:
A Päpa Bëkeszözata 1917
The Pope's Words of Peace, 1917
At the bottom:
XV Benedek Vigëcz:
Pardon Uraim! Szëp Müpätmät tesseneh. . .
The Pope issued his message on August 1, 1917.
Watercolor postcard by Schima Martos."

Image Text

Title at the top:

A Päpa Bëkeszözata 1917

The Pope's Words of Peace, 1917.

At the bottom:

XV Benedek Vigëcz:

Pardon Uraim! Szëp Müpätmät tesseneh. . .

Image Date

Wednesday, August 1, 1917

Month, Year

August, 1917

Tags

hand-painted, watercolor, Schima Martos, Martos, 1917, August, Benedict XV, Pope, Pope Benedict XV, 1917-08-01, Vatican, Vatican City

Secondary Tags

France, Germany, Turkey, Austria-Hungary, Russia, Australia, Austria-Hungary, Hungary,