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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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Sunday Military Church Service in South Tyrol

Date: 1914
Description: Sunday mass for Austrian soldiers, members of a "Tiroler Standschützen" unit, in South Tyrol during World War I.
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Portable Military Camp Forge

Date: 1914
Description: Two soldiers with a small forge during World War I. One of the men is smoking a pipe. There is a wagon in the background.
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Cookhouse or Field Kitchen

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers are standing around while a cook is working at the outdoor field kitchen on the front during World War I.
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Slaughtering on Serbian Farmstead

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers slaughtering on a Serbian farm during World War I.
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Soldiers Enjoying a Respite

Date: 1914
Description: Soldiers relaxing and eating around a man cooking over an outdoor fire.
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French PoW's Receiving Meals

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Description: French prisoners in the German PoW camp in Zossen, Prussia, with steaming bowls of soup.
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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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Flour Sacks Being Unloaded

Date: 1915
Description: Unloading sacks of flour from train cars for an Austrian divisional field bakery.
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Field Bakery

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian divisional field bakery.
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French PoW's

Date: 1914
Description: Group of French PoW's of varying nationalities and ethnicities standing in front of their barracks at the camp in Zossen.
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Group Portrait of PoW's

Date: 1914
Description: PoW's, of varying nationalities, in the Zossen PoW camp.
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Austrian Soldiers Buying Woolen Clothing

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian soldiers, including an Uhlan, are buying woolen clothing for the winter.
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View of Lavarone

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Description: View of town of Lavarone in the southwest battlefront.
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Winter Quarters in Serbia

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian troops in winter quarters in Serbia. German caption states "A sunny spot."
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Bridge Guard in Serbia

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Description: Winter quarters in Serbia. Bridge guard.
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Winter Quarters in Serbia

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Description: Winter quarters in Serbia included a cabin with straw.
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Winter in Serbia

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Description: Soldiers gathered around in the winter camp in Serbia.
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Straw Roofs in Winter in Serbia

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Description: Soldiers are preparing straw for roofs for winter quarters in Serbia.
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A Sunny Spot in the Serbian Winter

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Description: Winter quarters in Serbia. "A sunny spot."

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