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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