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Description: | Two large cloth-bound photograph albums containing prints relating to the service of Dr Rudolf Versen as an officer in 8. bayerische Feld-Artillerie-Regiment during the First World War.
The first album covers Versen's service in Lorraine from September 1914 to c.May 1915, and includes: scenes during the occupation of St Mihiel; the aftermath of the storming of the Fort Camp des Romains, the engagement at Chauvonecourt (April-May 1915); scenes in the German trenches in the St Mihiel salient, Butte de Tir and Bois d'Ailly, and aerial and ground photographs of French defences.
The second album covers the Offensive in the Bois d'Ailly; scenes at Verdun and in the Argonne forest (July-August 1916); a battery-commanders' course at Beverloo and scenes in Belgian cities, (August-September 1916); activities in Flanders during Versen's command of a field battery, including aerial photographs of the British lines near Armentieres and south of Ypres, scenes at Wytschaete and Warneton during the battle of Messines and the Flanders Offensive, (June-September 1917); scenes in Westende and Ostende; scenes during the final battles in France and Flanders, June-December 1918; Versen's return to Germany in December 1918, personal photographs of his wife and family, holiday snaps; portraits of Versen at various stages in his Army service and after; a post-war regimental reunion and his recall to Army service as a Major in the Reserve at the time of the Anschluss, March 1938.
Odd copies of the Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung for the period June - August 1916.
Also included are ninety-seven 35mm transparencies of photographs in the album, taken by Dr Elston. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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