Courage unsurpassed! Crawling through the wire to rescue fallen comrades, victims of a deadly shell.

Courage unsurpassed! Crawling through the wire to rescue fallen comrades, victims of a deadly shell.

Photograph

Courage unsurpassed! Crawling through the wire to rescue fallen comrades, victims of a deadly shell.

From The Great War


ca. 1915
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Each image: 8 x 7.7 cm
Mount: 9 x 18 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2005
2005.0805.0014
Inscriptions recto (stamped in black ink): REALISTIC TRAVELS / LONDON-CAPETOWN-BOMBAY-MELBOURNE-TORONTO / 24 / BY ROYAL COMMAND OF THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES / KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY / Realistic / (c) / Travels /Courage unsurpassed! Crawling through the wire to / rescue fallen comrades, victims of a deadly shell.

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