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Bird's-eye view black and white relief map of the battlefield in the Vosges with the German city of Colmar in Alsace in the foreground looking west into the mountains to Münstertal and toward France beyond. The city of Mulhouse, which changed hands several times in August 1914, is to the south. The card has been annotated in black ink.

Bird's-eye view of the battlefield in the Vosges with the German city of Colmar in Alsace in the foreground looking west into the mountains to Münstertal and toward France beyond. The city of Mulhouse, which changed hands several times in August 1914, is to the south. The card has been annotated in black ink.

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Colmar, Münster, and other city, town, and mountain names.

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Sources

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