The Great War in Illustrations
1915

Superb World War I - Photographic history.

This extraordinary original 1915 photographic portfolio offers a rare and multifaceted view of the Great War, capturing crucial historical moments across the Eastern, Italian, and Ottoman fronts while providing an intimate look at prisoner of war camps and early medical rehabilitation.

Military historians will be captivated by the extensive coverage of the Eastern Front, particularly the dramatic scenes from Libau (Latvia), showing the impregnable fortifications blown up by Russians before their surrender, a machine gun division advancing on the city, and local inhabitants inspecting a German torpedo boat flotilla in the harbor.

The portfolio also documents the pivotal Gorlice-Tarnow Offensive, featuring Russian prisoners hauling machine guns through the streets of Gorlice and the destroyed bridge over the Bialla river near Tarnow.

A specific highlight for collectors of unit history is the rare image of a German Bicycle Division moving through the muddy roads of Poland, alongside a striking photo of German machine gunners engaging hostile aircraft, an early documentation of anti-aircraft warfare.

Softcover

  • 48 pages
  • dozens of photos and illustrations
  • Multilingual captions (German, French, English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese)

In fair/good condition.
Binding detached due to rusty staples, however pictures and illustrations are clean.

Approx/Measurements: 7-1/2" x 11-1/4" ~0.45 lbs.

French Edition

Published by Transocean, Berlin, Germany
in 1915



Beyond the battlefield, this collection offers unique social and medical history. It features remarkable images from the prisoner of war camp at Döberitz, including a fascinating shot of an English POW band with instruments and a view of the camp's shoemaker workshop. The medical advancements of the era are vividly portrayed with scenes from the "Landesbad" in Baden-Baden, showing soldiers undergoing ultra-violet ray therapy and "Tattermann" baths, as well as a visit by Grand Duchess Luise to the lazaret. The logistical and organizational power of the Central Powers is further illustrated by images of the German Red Cross depot at Neubabelsberg and Austrian nurses in field gray uniforms.

The portfolio also captures high-ranking figures and exotic fronts, depicting the King of Saxony visiting Field Marshal von Hindenburg, Turkish artillery on the march in the Middle East, and the rugged terrain of the Italian theater at the Nago pass and Monte Brione. From the stolen farm implements found near Filippowo to the lunch break of skirmishers in East Galicia, this publication is a dense, high-quality historical record that appeals to collectors of naval history, medical memorabilia, and Great War photography alike.

 

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