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WWI Misc. pictures

Miscellaneous picture from WWI

*** WARNING: some pictures can depict (very) graphic scenes! ***

Here, one can find pictures from WWI that show extraordinary things or that show what effort, besides the actual fighting, is needed to wage war.

If no other mention is given, the picture came from drakegoodman's Flikr photostream.

  1. New York’s famous 369th regiment arrives home from France, 1919. Nicknamed the Harlem Hellfighters, the 369th Regiment was the first all-black...

  2. Graphic: Ghastly wound to the forearm Nothing on reverse. Soldier's wounds were often photographed for the purpose of monitoring the healing...

  3. Ers. Bn. Elsenborn VIII 39 [Bilbo: my grandfather could be in this very picture!!!]

  4. kuk mountain-gun

  5. Tempting fate

  6. "Völkerkrieg. Nachtangriff der Senegalneger auf einen deutschen Schützengraben am 27. Oktober 1914" Printed on reverse: "Nachtangriff der...

  7. Dugout entrance Nothing on reverse. Unknown location, possibly the Argonne Sector. The entrance to a German dugout. Bad ventilation and...

  8. Französ. Lebell-Patronen oder Dum Dum Geschosse

  9. Telegraphen-Bataillon

  10. Ottoman Eisernes Halbmond The Ottoman War Medal (Turkish: Harp Madalyası), better known as the Gallipoli Star, or the Iron Crescent (from German...

  11. A7V "Elfriede" in Paris Nothing on reverse. An often seen commercial postcard depicting the German tank "Elfriede" on a flatbed railway car in...

  12. French soldier armed with a Gew 88

  13. Detailed view of a German machinegun nest Nothing on reverse. A German machinegun crew peer across no-man's-land above the barrel of their...

  14. Zeitung lesen (Reading the paper)

  15. Rheinländer toilet humour Nothing on reverse. Members of an unidentified Garde regiment, identified by their collar and cuff litzen gathered...

  16. Graphic. Wounded French soldier Small 65mm x 40mm photograph - nothing on reverse. A young French soldier suffering a horrific head-wound is...

  17. Aidez les Blessés de la face (Les Gueules Cassées) Printed correspondence on reverse (title). A French postcard produced by the government of...

  18. Garde-Reserve-Pionier-Regiment Flammenwerfer Truppen Nothing on reverse. An unteroffizier belonging to an unidentified pionier bataillon, but...

  19. Austro-Hungarians executing deserters Nothing on reverse. It would appear that when the Austro-Hungarians weren't executing Serbians, they were...

  20. Licht signal station

  21. antine Nothing on reverse. These little shops were always a couple of kilometres from the front and were just as vulnerable to enemy shellfire...

  22. Doppelläufige Schrotflinte (double-barrelled shotgun) Nothing on reverse. A sentry armed with a double-barrelled shotgun poses for a memento...

  23. Saxon Landsturm Beschlagschmied (farriers) Letter on reverse (below) authored in Russia on 29.8.1917. Saxon Landsturmmänner take a break from...

  24. A German Army horse lies in a state of choral hydrate narcosis Nothing on reverse - apologies for the sad condition of this one (the photograph -...

  25. The remains of French soldiers, unable to be buried because they had fallen in "no-man's land", July 1917 Note on reverse (below) translated by...

  26. Graphic. Austro-Hungarian troops executing Serbian peasants Nothing on reverse. The war in the Balkans was particularly savage owing to age-old...

  27. The big Russian Names of both marked individuals on reverse (below). Photo taken at Boulogne. Allies: Three Frenchmen, an Australian and a...

  28. Badewagen (Bath wagon)

  29. "French and boche corpses brought back from the front lines to be buried (after an attack). Nov. 1917." by drakegoodman

  30. "Identification of corpses: French on the left, Boche on the right. Reims July 1918" by drakegoodman

  31. Zouave POWs by drakegoodman

  32. The Kaiser's secret weapon Letter on reverse (below) dated 14.6.1917. Non-commissioned officers from Reserve-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 263...

  33. All quiet on the Eastern Front by drakegoodman

  34. The shattered remains of a German 10cm Kanone m04 L/30, the result of a 'barrel burst' Nothing on reverse. The shattered remains of a German...

  35. Grenade throwing instruction Nothing on reverse. The second of two pictures depicting instruction in the art of throwing a Handgranaten. by...

  36. Grenade throwing instruction Nothing on reverse. One of two pictures depicting instruction in the art of throwing a Handgranaten. by...

  37. A Kindersoldat or boy soldier stands at attention with an unidentified General Nothing on reverse. A Kindersoldat or boy soldier stands at...

  38. Cooks remove racks of herring from a traditional smokehouse Letter on reverse (below). Cooks remove racks of herring from a traditional...

  39. In answer to the previous picture: The Germans are certainly not the only ones fascinated by a canon's phallic symbolism. This is Bilbo (me) in...

  40. One little, two little, three little Fritzies..... by drakegoodman

  41. "Auswertung vom Schallmesstrupp No.8" - Analysis section of Sound Ranging Troop No. 8 Note on reverse (title). A "Sound Ranging Troop"...

  42. "Auswertung vom Schallmesstrupp No.8" - Analysis section of Sound Ranging Troop No. 8 Note on reverse (title). A "Sound Ranging Troop"...

  43. Gunga Din "Umseitig ein beim Nachbarreg, angeblich übergelaufenen Inder": Overleaf, a supposed defecting Indian. by drakegoodman

  44. Four Sachsens astride a "Donnerbalken". The army is no place for modesty Letter on reverse (below). Photogr. Richard Vogel, Glauchau i./Sa. ...

  45. Prussians of the Caribbean Nothing on reverse. Not just Prussians, but Saxons and Württembergers as well. Wo liegt Kapitan Hans Sparrow? ...

  46. Waldschuster Letter on reverse (below) dated 11.8.1917 addressed to a friend serving with Reserve Fußartillerie Regiment Nr. 18. Admin stamp from...

  47. Geschossen Nothing on reverse. Vicinity of Courcelles, June 1918. The body of a German soldier lies on a pathway as a French soldier takes...

  48. Harness maintenance by Drakegoodman (protective footwear for the horses)

  49. Corpses are gathered for delivery to a communal burial site A convenient collection point where the bodies of men killed in action are brought...

  50. Firing a mortar at night by DrakeGoodman

  51. 5. Rheinisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr.65 Letter on reverse authored in Cöln Ehrenfeld on 20.8.1914. Postmarked at Cöln Ehrenfeld the same day....

  52. "Nur die Ruhe" / Only peace (one gets) Unused. By DrakeGoodman

  53. "Schwere Artillerie im Osten" / Heavy artillery in the East Nothing on reverse. Photogr. -- Hithel, Neisse, Neustädterstr. 4 . by...

  54. 3.7cm Gruson-Hotchkiss Revolverkanone Nothing on reverse. After the Franco - Prussian War of 1870 - 1871, both France and Germany began to...

  55. Bavarian Landsturmmänner on the Eastern Front, January 1915 Letter on reverse (below) authored on 7.1.1915 somewhere on the Eastern Front. No...

  56. Jugendwehr / Kinderhelm Nothing on reverse. A young boy of no more than five years old wears a fabulous mite-sized replica of a Preußen M1895...

  57. III. Seebatallion, Tientsin (China), June 1914 Letter on reverse (below). Four members of the Prussian III. Seebatallion (naval infantry -...

  58. Asbach Uralt Asbach was a particular favorite of mine "back in the day". I see from this, the stuff has been popular with der truppen for quite...

  59. "Stark besetz!" / Donnerbalken Unused. Extract from Ernst Jünger's memoir, Storm of Steel is an appropriate accompanying narrative: "9...

  60. "Heidelberg. Ein Gruß von der Hirschgasse. Kurz vor der Mensur." Printed on reverse: "Heidelberg. Ein Gruß von der Hirschgasse. Kurz vor der...

  61. Barrel burst, German 10.5cm leichte Feldhaubitze 98/09 Letter on reverse dated 23.4.1918 and addressed to a fellow in Rüsselsheim. Illegible...

  62. Officier Allemand tué a son poste d'observation" Letter on reverse (below) authored somewhere in the Meuse Department of North Eastern France on...
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