Bestowing Awards on Gallant French Soldiers Before Regiment
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Underwood & Underwood
American, 1880–1931
Bestowing Awards on Gallant French Soldiers Before Regiment
ca. 1917
Letterpress print
Image: 7 x 6.7 cm
Overall: 8.2 x 14 cm
Gift of Donald K. Weber, 2009
Inscriptions verso (printed in black): No. 40-BESTOWING AWARDS ON GALLANT FRENCH SOLDIERS BEFORE / THE REGIMENT /
Here we see a regiment in hollow square / formation, honoring men who are being deco-/rated for special acts of bravery. What order / has been issued causing the soldiers to hold / their rifles as does this infantryman near us? / To what branch of the service does the officer / at our extreme left belong? How tall is the / general bestowing the decorations? Is he a / young man? Is he wearing leggings? [extended text] / Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
Here we see a regiment in hollow square / formation, honoring men who are being deco-/rated for special acts of bravery. What order / has been issued causing the soldiers to hold / their rifles as does this infantryman near us? / To what branch of the service does the officer / at our extreme left belong? How tall is the / general bestowing the decorations? Is he a / young man? Is he wearing leggings? [extended text] / Copyright by Underwood & Underwood.
