This postcard is pretty interesting in the fact that it is in color (black and white pictures that has been painted over). Also the cannon that is depicted, the French 75 mm field gun seems to have been a big deal back then, it even has its own wikipedia […]
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I stumbled upon them one day in the Invalides, back when I still lived in Paris. If I recall properly, it was around Bastille Day (on July 13th probably) and they were attending a retirement ceremony from one of the heads of the French Army. I remember running […]
This postcard is one of the most fascinating I have of World War One. It’s fascinating on many levels. First, it may seem surprising to see such an image on a postcard, but what I’ve learned with this collection of postcards, it is that a century ago, they […]