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Soldiers Sharpening a Saber

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Description: Two German soldiers using the services of a field carpentry detachment to sharpen a saber using a hand cranked sharpening wheel outdoors next to a shed.
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Soldiers in front of Destroyed House

Date: 1914
Description: Three soldiers are standing in front of the destroyed house, and another soldier is bending over a pile of rubble in the doorway under the partially collap...
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Soldiers Peeling Potatoes

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers are sitting on stools outdoors peeling potatoes near a large pot, with a cover resting in front on the ground. Another man is standing on the ...
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Serbian Draw Well in Valjevo

Date: 1914
Description: A soldier is using a draw well in a yard and is drinking water from the bucket. Another man is standing nearby. It appears to be raining or snowing.
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Customs Building in Sabac

Date: 1914
Description: Slightly elevated view of soldiers and civilians near the damaged Customs Building. Broken furniture and rubble is piled in front of the building. There ar...
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Street in Valjevo, Serbia

Date: 1915
Description: Houses along a street in Valjevo, Serbia in World War I.
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Breakfast at the Zossen PoW Camp

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Description: Prisoners in the Zossen camp are lining up before the kitchen as they wait for their meals.
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Austrian Soldier at the Stables

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers are using a house as a horse stable in Serbia.
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Soldiers Using House as a Stable

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Description: Austrian soldiers are using a house as a horse stable in Serbia.
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Recquisitioned Cattle in Galicia

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldier leading cattle that have been recquisitioned for use by the Army in Galicia.
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Picnic for Convalescing Soldiers

Date: 1915
Description: German soldiers having a picnic outside of the "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Berlin). Soldiers having coffee...
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Bust of Hindenburg

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Description: A bust of Hindenburg has been erected and decorated at the restaurant in the City Park of Steglitz (suburban Berlin).
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Speech of the German Reichs Chancellor

Date: 1914
Description: Speech of the German Reichs Chancellor (Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg) at the dedication of the "Iron Hindenburg" statue in 1914
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Bridge Guard in Serbia

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Description: Winter quarters in Serbia. Bridge guard.
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View of the "Cannon Hospital"

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Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. A view of the yard.
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Syrian Field Artillery

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Description: Field artillery park in Syria.
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Machine Guns

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Description: Turkish machine gun crew training in Syria.
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Machine Guns

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Description: Machine guns in firing position.
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Doctor Bandaging Soldier's Hand

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Description: A Turkish Army doctor is bandaging the hand of a soldier who was bitten by a camel.
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Covering Flour Supplies

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Description: Covering up flour supplies in the desert.

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