Size: 1.5 x 3 inches

Comes with C.O.A.

This original WWI photograph shows a glimpse of what a WWI soldier saw on the front lines and deep in the trenches during the Great War. This photograph comes from the personal collection of a WWI A.E.F. veteran who also hand-inscribed and wrote added descriptions on the backside of each photograph. This is not very common in period photographs and makes this very unique. While the battles, operations, soldier, and locations seen in some of these photographs are unknown, they depict the true horrid and real uncensored conditions many soldiers faced daily on the front lines.

In 1914, as the outbreak of World War I brought mass slaughter to Europe’s battlefields, photojournalism evolved rapidly in the muddy trenches, where 19th-century tactics met 20th-century weapons. Machine guns, airplanes, tanks, flamethrowers, poisonous gas, and submarines were widely used for the first time against doomed troops that were sent by their generals into frontal attacks that left millions dead. This unimaginable carnage was witnessed by photographers who for the first time got close enough to the front to document combat, as well as scenes of soldiers at rest and at play.

This WWI photograph would make an amazing addition to any WWI collection!