57370: Photograph of German infantryman

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posted on 2024-02-23, 22:50 authored by Great War Archive Project Team

Hessian infantryman wearing an M1915 pattern tunic with concealed buttons. His pickelhaube is an M1915 model with spike removed. He wears the special Hessian belt buckle which depicted a crown, and no motto. Photos of Hessian soldiers are scarce.

History

Identifier

6796.jpg| GWA_5849_Germ4.jpg|

Subject

Unknown

Date

1914 - 1918

Date Created

01/01/1914

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1918

Source

Photograph

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Bob Edwards

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford