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Daycare

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Description: At a daycare facility for the children of soldiers.
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Captured Russian Machine Guns

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Description: Captured Russian machine guns on display in front of the Berlin military headquarters.
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Wounded Soldiers Reading and Talking

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, reading and talking about the war.
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First Wounded in Berlin

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Description: The first wounded soldiers in Berlin, at a coffee break outdoors.
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Landsturm Soldier

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Description: Landsturm (reservist) soldier and wife in Brandenberg on the Havel. Landsturm are identifiable by the cross on their shakos.
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Fur Muffs for Soldiers

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Description: As protection against the bitter cold of the Carpathian Mountains, the Austrian Army supply command delivers fur muffs for soldiers.
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Temporary Bridge Over the Tolpa River

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Description: Temporary bridge and plank road over the Tolpa River in Poland. In order to improve the bad roads, plank bridges have been constructed and are proving very...
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Austrian Military Veterinarian

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Description: Military veterinarian treating a horse on the Montenegrin battlefront.
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Christmas on the Front

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Description: German Landsturm (reservists) trimming a Christmas tree and giving gifts.
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Handing Out Soup

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Description: Cooks handing out soup to soldiers on a cold day at the front.
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Reconnaissance Patrol

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian reconnaissance patrol against Italian troops on the southwest battlefront in South Tyrol.
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Red Cross Troops

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Description: Red Cross troops leaving Berlin passing by the Wilhelmstrasse and the Siegesallee.
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Austrian Artillerymen

Date: 1915
Description: Distributing gifts to Austrian artillerymen in Galicia during a fire mission. Several soldiers are wearing snow shirts over the uniforms for camouflage.
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German Soldiers Carrying Wounded Soldier

Date: 1915
Description: German soldiers are carrying a wounded Austrian soldier over a narrow bridge in Galicia.
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Unloading Ammunition the Front

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers are unloading heavy artillery ammunition from the back of a truck in Galicia.
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Collecting Woolen Items for the Front

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Description: Results of the "Reich's Wool Week." Every day loads of wool garments arrived at the collection point in the old Kroll Opera House and were sorted by volunt...
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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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Austrians in the Trenches

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Description: The fighting in Galicia. Austrians in the trenches.
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Two Lines of Soldiers in Battle

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Description: Among the latest battles of our allies in Galicia. The troops in the foreground are the reserve line waiting to go forward. In the background Austrian infa...
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Wounded Soldiers in Vienna

Date: 1915
Description: Wounded Austrian soldiers next to the Vienna Secession building. On nice days the wounded sit around the Marc Antony statue.

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