Great War 1914-18

Königlich Sächsische 16. Infanterie-Regiment Nr.182  Letter on reverse: addressed to a Joh[hanna] Marschner in Chemnitz, the author excitedly announces he is leaving for the front on Saturday. Postage cancelled at Freiberg on 1.10.1914. Freiberg was the hometown of Kgl. Sächs. 16. Infanterie-Regiment Nr.182.  Colored by Leo Courvoisier.

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German soldiers playing cards next to their garden.

1er août 1914 - Début de la Grande Guerre (“1st August 1914 - Beginning of the Great War”). A French infantryman wearing his blue overcoat and red trousers. These striking uniforms gave the French panache and made them readily distinguishable on the battlefield. This was a necessity in earlier periods of warfare but was ill-suited for combat of the early 20th century where camouflage and blending into the terrain was more important.

Indian soldiers of the British Army, stationed In Tientsin, China, in 1911.

A wounded cuirassier in the First World War, an anachronism In modern warfare, 1914.