H.E. shells bursting in Mametz Wood, hotly contested with the Prussian Guard finally taken July, 1916

H.E. shells bursting in Mametz Wood, hotly contested with the Prussian Guard finally taken July, 1916

Photograph

Realistic Travels

H.E. shells bursting in Mametz Wood, hotly contested with the Prussian Guard finally taken July, 1916

From The Great War


July 1916
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Each image: 8 x 7.7 cm
Mount: 9 x 18 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2005
2005.0805.0032
Inscriptions recto (stamped in black ink): REALISTIC TRAVELS / LONDON-CAPETOWN-BOMBAY-MELBOURNE-TORONTO / 51 / BY ROYAL COMMAND OF THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES / KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY / Realistic / (c) / Travels / H.E. shells bursting in Mametz Wood, hotly contested / with the Prussian Guard finally taken July, 1916

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