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Pencil sketch of a piece of French shrapnel by a German soldier1 drawn September 12, 1915. Shrapnel was an anti-personnel weapon, designed to kill and maim. |
Translation (courtesy Thomas Faust):
"Strange shape of an exploded French Shrapnel"
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Message dated September 13, 1915 |
signed, pencil, pencil sketch, drawing, trench art, 1915, September, 1915-09-12, 1915-09-13, shrapnel |
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The Dolphin Tavern, London, was destroyed by a Zeppelin bomb on September 9, 1915 that killed three people. A clock in the wreckage stopped at 10:30 PM, and and in the rebuilt tavern. |
The Dolphin Tavern
The history of the Dolphin Clock
A Zepplin bomb exploded on 9th September 1915 destroying these premises and killing three people
A clock found in the wreckage stopped at 10:40 PM & hangs inside the pub |
1915, September, 1915-09-09, Zeppelin, Dolphin Tavern, London, Dolphin Clock |
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Map of the Eastern Front in the summer of 1915 as the German-Austro-Hungarian Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive continued to advance against the retreating Russians. From 'The German General Staff and its Decisions, 1914-1916' by General von Falkenhayn. |
Map 4.
Summer Campaign in the East, 1915
a—German-Austrian battle line, end of April, 1915.
b—German-Austrian battle line, end of May, 1915.
c—German-Austrian battle line, June 20, 1915.
d—German-Austrian battle line, July 11, 1915.
e—German-Austrian battle line, September 9, 1915.
f—German-Austrian battle line, beginning November, 1915.
Operations in Courland
g—German battle line, end of May, 1915.
h—German-Austrian attacks, beginning of May, 1915.
i—German-Austrian attacks, middle of July, 1915.
j—Attacks on September 9, 1915. |
Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive, Eastern Front, 1915, summer, Russian retrbeat, Falkenhayn |
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German pencil sketch of a sentry at his listening post by moonlight, 10:30 P.M. on September 11. By Otto Oettel, a soldier in Landwehr Infantry Regiment 32. |
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September 11, 10:30 P.M.
Sentry at his listening post by moon light |
German soldier, original, pencil, sketch, pencil sketch, drawing, trench art, soldier, trench, September, Otto Oettel, Oettel |
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Wilhelm sends congratulations and a watercolor floral spray to his brother Karl on September 9, 1915. The drawing is signed FP. |
9.9.15
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstage
September 9, 1915
Congratulations on your Birthdays |
German, hand drawn, trench art, Watercolor, birthday, 1915, 1915-09-11, 1915-09-09, feldpost, flowers, German flag bunting, 1915-09-10 |