posted on 2024-02-23, 22:57authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
German stormtrooper pictured in late 1918. He wears an M1915 pattern tunic, leather reinforced trousers, leg wraps and cleated boots. He carries an M98/05 ˜butcher' bayonet. A gas mask worn at the ready would suggest he is near the front.
History
Identifier
6819.jpg|
GWA_5872_Germ21.jpg|
Subject
Unknown
Date
1918
Date Created
01/08/1914
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