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A German postcard claiming that dum-dum bullets were found in the pockets of French prisoners of war. Text: Dum-Dum-Geschosse, die auf maschinellem Wege an der Spitze mit einer fünf Millimeter weiten, sieben Millimeter tiefen Bohrung versehen waren, wurden in den Taschen gefangener Franzosen gefunden. Der Gebrauch solcher Geschosse ist nach völkerrechtlichen Grundsätzen verboten, insbesondere nach Artikel 23, Absatz 1c der Haager Landkriegsordnung. Dum-dum bullets, which were provided with a mechanized way in the lead to make a five-millimeter-wide, seven millimeters deep hole, were found in the pockets of captive Frenchmen. The use of such projectiles is prohibited by principles of international law, in particular Article 23, paragraph 1c of the Hague Convention. Package label (French): Etuis mel 8 M - pouches Poudre A Vis 1914 8 Cartouches - 8 cartridges e 78. ND Mle 1906 Reverse: Message from France dated February 4, 1915; field postmarked February 5, V Army Corps. ". . . Die besten Grüsse . . ."more A German postcard claiming that dum-dum bullets were found in the pockets of French prisoners of war. Dum-Dum-Geschosse, die auf maschinellem Wege an der Spitze mit einer fünf Millimeter weiten, sieben Millimeter tiefen Bohrung versehen waren, wurden in den Taschen gefangener Franzosen gefunden.



Der Gebrauch solcher Geschosse ist nach völkerrechtlichen Grundsätzen verboten, insbesondere nach Artikel 23, Absatz 1c der Haager Landkriegsordnung.



Dum-dum bullets, which were provided with a mechanized way in the lead to make a five-millimeter-wide, seven millimeters deep hole, were found in the pockets of captive Frenchmen.



The use of such projectiles is prohibited by principles of international law, in particular Article 23, paragraph 1c of the Hague Convention.



Package label (French):

Etuis mel 8 M - pouches

Poudre

A Vis 1914

8 Cartouches - 8 cartridges

e 78. ND Mle 1906



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Message from France dated February 4, 1915; field postmarked February 5, V Army Corps. ". . . Die besten Grüsse . . ."		 dum-dum, dum-dum bullet, dum-dum bullets, war crime, Hague Convention
Airmen and a Blériot monoplane at a French Military Aviation Center in Avord, France, approximately 150 miles south of Paris. The photograph is likely pre-war. Text: 62. Avord (Cher). - Centre Militaire d'Aviation - Sortie d'un Avion. 62. Avord (Cher.) - Military Aviation Centre - Sortie of a plane. Reverse: Souvenir du Camp d'Avord Bonjour affectueux August Souvenir of Camp Avord Affectionate greetings Augustmore Airmen and a Blériot monoplane at a French Military Aviation Center in Avord, France, approximately 150 miles south of Paris. The photograph is likely pre-war. 62. Avord (Cher). - Centre Militaire d'Aviation - Sortie d'un Avion.



62. Avord (Cher.) - Military Aviation Centre - Sortie of a plane.



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Souvenir du Camp d'Avord

Bonjour affectueux

August



Souvenir of Camp Avord

Affectionate greetings

August		 Camp Avord, Avord, Bleriot, Blériot, 1915-08-25, pre-war, monoplane
The headstones of Connaught Rangers Lance Corporal F. Gordon, died August 16, 1915, and Private P. Connolly, died September 27, 1915, from Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery in Souchez, France. Connolly likely died in the Battle of Loos, which began on September 25 in the vicinity. Text: 4890 Lance Cpl. F. Gordon Connaught Rangers 16th August 1915 5237 Private P. Connolly Connaught Rangers 27th September 1915more The headstones of Connaught Rangers Lance Corporal F. Gordon, died August 16, 1915, and Private P. Connolly, died September 27, 1915, from Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery in Souchez, France. Connolly likely died in the Battle of Loos, which began on September 25. 4890 Lance Cpl.

F. Gordon

Connaught Rangers

16th August 1915



5237 Private

P. Connolly

Connaught Rangers

27th September 1915		 Connaught Rangers, F. Gordon, Gordon, August, 1915-08-16, 1915, P. Connolly, Connolly, 1915-09-27, September, 1915, Cabaret Rouge British Cemetery, Cabaret Rouge, Souchez, Battle of Loos