[Photo Album]: "Photographs taken during the 'World War' Aug. 2nd 1915 to November. 11th 1918."

REUMUND, Felix

Verlag: France, Serbia, Macedonia, 1918

Beschreibung

Oblong octavo. Measuring 8½" x 6". String-tied black cloth over stiff paper boards with "photographs" stamped on the front board. Contains 33 black and white or sepia-toned gelatin silver photographs all measuring around 3" x 4" with captions. Very good album with worn edges and rubbing with near fine photographs. A photo album kept by a British soldier, Sergeant Felix Reumund, while serving with the Artillery Regiment Number 7 - Artillery Command 150. He compiled well-composed photographs of his tour of duty paired with extensive captions detailing the photos. One section of photos is captioned "series of pictures of Lille (France), after fight between German and British soldiers for occupation 1914." These photos show the ruins of the city with images of the railroad station and people walking on the Rue de la Bassée surrounded by ruined buildings. Following this are photos of a concealed machine guns in the trees, men posed by an imposing weapon, and a hole in a wall captioned: "result of a good shot." More somber photographs follow with images of a row of dead bodies, destroyed buildings, uniformed men standing by rubble, and an ambulance parked in the courtyard of what was left of the Church of Montfaucon near Verdun, later the site of a decisive American victory. Reumund's regiment later fought alongside a number of other soldiers from Europe, as well as Moroccan soldiers seen here being transported in ambulances after fighting in Verdun. The unit then moved into Turkey, followed by Serbia and on to Macedonia where Reumund photographed refugees "delousing" and the streets of a small village. The album ends with a photo of the "battery on the march in Macedonia" with a long line of men, weapons, and horses. An interesting collection of World War I photography taken by a young British soldier. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 411196

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [Photo Album]: "Photographs taken during the...

Verlag: France, Serbia, Macedonia

Erscheinungsdatum: 1918

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good