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Pencil sketch of a German soldier's grave by NCO Otto Handmann, addressed to his sister. Pencil drawing on blank field postcard. |
Soldier's grave — kind regards from you brother Otto
[Translation courtesy of Thomas Faust, eBay's Urfaust.] |
German soldier, grave, German grave, trench art, pencil sketch, drawing, 1916-03-29 |
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German pencil sketch of Lake Doiran, on the Greco-Serbian border, site of a battle in which the Bulgarians defeated the French, English, and Serbians in December, 1915, and of the Battle of Doiran in September 1918. Tents can be made out in the foreground. It looks to be dated March 30, 1916 (30 III 1916). |
The lake is labeled Doiran-See — Lake Doiran
Grenze Serbien
Griechenland
Stras[s]e
Fluss
Weg zu Stellung
30 III 1916
Serbian Border
Greece
Road
River
Towards position
March 30, 1916 |
hand drawn, pencil, trench art, 1916, Lake Daran, Serbia, Greece, Lake Doiran, Doiran, September, 1918, 1917-05-08, 1916-03-30 |
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Monument to the Third Australian Division on Route D1 in Sailly-le-Sec, France. |
A plaque on the monument reads:
To the officers non-commissioned officers and men of the
Third Australian Division
Who fought in France and Belgium
1916 * 1917 * 1918
Messines 1917 * The Windmill * 3rd Battle of Ypres * Broodseinde * Passchendaele * Morlancourt * Treux Hamel * 8th August * Proyart * Suzanne * Bray-sur-Somme * Curlu * Clery-sur-Somme * Bouchavesnes * Roisel * Hindenburg Line
Beneath this is the garlanded French plaque:
À la Mémoire
des officiers, sous-officiers et soldats de la
Troisième Division Australienne
Qui ont combattu en France et en Belgique
1916 * 1917 * 1918 |
Third Australian Division, Australian soldier |
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Skulls, bones, helmets, rifle parts in a trench at Verdun, a ravine of death. |
La Defense de Verdun - Le Ravin de la Mort - Une tranchée
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The Defense of Verdun - The Ravine of Death - A trench |
Death, skull, Verdun, Le Ravin de la Mort - Une tranchée, Ravine of Death, Battle of Verdun |
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Food supplies in the French trenches. A Susini tobacco / cigarette card. |
En las trincheras Francesas-llevando viveres
In the French trenches - carrying food supplies
Reverse:
No. 1267
La Guerra Europea
Postal para la colección Del Nuevo
Album Universal
Obsequio de Susini
No. 1267
The European War
Postcard for the new collection
Universal Album
Gift from Susini |
France Trench, French soldier, tobacco card, cigarette card, Susini, Susini card, 1915-10-25, French Army, 1915-11-15, 1915, November, rationer, rations, food, 1916-03-31, 1916, March, 1915-10-15 |