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Description: | image: A trench scene on the Western Front in which two figures to the left deliver the soldiers mail. The first figure
carries a satchel to his right hip and a swagger stick in his right hand; in his left he waves a sealed envelope. At his right side runs a
black and white mongrel dog. Behind him follows a soldier carrying a large mail sack over his right shoulder. From the right, two helmeted
poilu rush to receive their mail. In the centre of the composition stands a sentry, bayonet fixed, wearing a hooded groundsheet. To the
bottom right of the composition is a decorative device of a soldiers backpack including boots, cooking utensils, entrenching tool and
rifle. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 01/3(4-15) Weapons Military Personnel FR.A humorous postal services trench / defences | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Devambez, Paris | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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