firstbattleofthemarne

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1910

1914

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Pixel Wrangler said:
A Phot-Express French post card of this image has a (translated) caption of "Officers lay flowers on the graves of the officers. Lépine (Marne)". The caption dates the photo to 1914. L'Épine is a commune in the Marne department in the Champagne-Ardenne region of north-eastern France, and was part of the First Battle of the Marne in September of 1914. [1] [2]
DarkAngelDay said:
Nice one!
Art Siegel said:
This (and the Phot-Express card) are heavily cropped versions of the Agence Meurisse photo on Gallica site, with caption: "Officiers français déposant des fleurs sur la tombe d'officiers de chasseurs à l'Epine" [French officers placing flowers on the grave of officers of l'Epine infantry] gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90421649 Another Meurisse photo of the same funeral: gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b9042684s Pub. date 1914
Anne (LOC P&P) said:
Pixel Wrangler and artolog: Thanks for finding the correct date and original caption. We'll include some of this info next time we update.
Silvester Humaj said:
It's pretty crazy to think in less than 3 years it will be the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.

Jim Rees said:
German 77mm light field artillery shells, very common in WWI. You can see the seam between the shell case and the head. These look like shrapnel rounds. They also made gas rounds.
DarkAngelDay said:
Wow! Cool shot!
Silvester Humaj said:
I bet 77mm was more than enough to kill or cripple dozens of soldiers.