Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

A Dozen Fresh Images from the Collection of the Musee de l'Armee des Invalides, Paris


 

A Spahi  in a Trench, Bailly Sector (Oise), 27 September 27




Raymond Poincaré (1860–1934), President of the Republic,
Views Damage Caused by a Zeppelin Bomb in Paris




75 mm Field Gun Model 1897



Castings for a Facial Reconstruction




Traditional Headgear of Battalion Chief Giraud of
the 4th Zouave Regiment




Spad S.VII  “Vieux Charles” of Captain Georges Guynemer



Anti-Prostitution Poster  
Soldier, the homeland is counting on you; keep all your strength for him. Resist the seductions of the street where illness as dangerous as war awaits you. It leads its victims to decay and death without use, without honor.



Statuette of Georges Clemenceau (1841–1929),
Reduction of the Statue on the Champs-Elysées



Foch's Marshal Batons



Battle of the Marne at Tracy-le-Mont on 14 September 1914




Model of a Trench


Eagle of Champagne (Trench Art?)

1 comment:

  1. Enjoying the pictures. Half the family was in the American army, the other half in the German army.

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