Leaving for a night raid at Messines into the inky darkness of "No Man's Land"

Leaving for a night raid at Messines into the inky darkness of "No Man's Land"

Photograph

Leaving for a night raid at Messines into the inky darkness of "No Man's Land"

From The Great War


1917
Gelatin silver print, printed later
Each image: 8 x 7.7 cm
Mount: 9 x 18 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2005
2005.0805.0051
Inscriptions recto (stamped in black ink): REALISTIC TRAVELS / LONDON-CAPETOWN-BOMBAY-MELBOURNE-TORONTO / 81 / BY ROYAL COMMAND OF THEIR IMPERIAL MAJESTIES / KING GEORGE V AND QUEEN MARY / Realistic / (c) / Travels / Leaving for a night raid at Messines into the inky / darkness of "No Man's Land"

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