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57394: Photograph of German artilleryman

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An immaculately presented Saxon gunner in 1916. He wears the old M1895 pattern tunic in red and blue, an M1895 model kugelhaube in brass, with a reserve cross on the Saxon helmet plate. He carries small M1888 ammunition pouches. They held fewer rounds and were used by foot artillery, cavalry etc.

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Identifier

6814.jpg| GWA_5867_Germ17.jpg|

Subject

Unknown

Date

1916

Date Created

01/08/1914

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1916

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

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