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WW1 - German and Russian troops meet over the barbed wire - July 1917 Date: 1917
More Entanglements by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoonBathing at Casse Les Bains is going to be rotten again this year. Two stereotypically grouchy looking Germans in bathing costumes do their best to enjoy a seaside holiday despite the barbed wire
Barbed wire party freeze under enemy star shell, WW1A detachment of British soldiers, busy setting up barbed wire defences freeze momentarily as the area is lit up by an enemy star-shell
British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack, WW1Fighting the flames on the battlefield - British troops repelling a German liquid fire attack. German soldiers, armed with flame throwers
Anti-Live Barbed Wire advertisementAdvertisement for the mens outfitters, Turnbull and Asser of Jermyn Street, London, suggesting their anti-live barbed-wire glove, able to withstand the sharpest spike of barbed wire
Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, Western Front, WW1Gordon Highlanders with barbed wire, about to prepare entanglements on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
China - Shanghai - Second Sino-Japanese War 1937China - Shanghai - Sino-Japanese incident 1937 (The Battle of Shanghai) - The Chinese position near a bridge over the creek on the Woosung Road in East Shanghai
Barbed wire at Torzburg Pass, Romania, WW1Barbed wire entanglements at the Torzburg Pass, Romania, during the First World War. Date: circa 1916
Barbed wire on the Mole, Zeebrugge, Belgium, WW1Barbed wire on the mile-long Zeebrugge Mole, at the sea port of Zeebrugge, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 23 October 1918
Old Bill and Co. July 1940Old Bill prepares a shield wall of defences to protect the English coast from German invasion: " Thats enough about ow Arold did it at Astings. I m doing it now!" 1940
British field of corn defended by barbed wire - WW2British field of corn defended by barbed wire fencing - WW2 Date: circa 1941
Berlin, Germany - postwar - American sector border postBerlin, Germany - postwar - Sign warning that You are leaving the American Sector. Date: circa 1947
Cartoon, Elephants in armour, WW1Cartoon, Elephants in armour (Hohenzollern patented system). Showing an elephant in armour, using its trunk to distribute petrol from two barrels which it carries on either side
Cartoon, The little English knife, WW1Cartoon, The little English knife. A French soldier in a trench on the Western Front tells his English colleague that he is faithful to his Rosalie (the name for his bayonet)
American barb trousers, WW1 cartoon, Heath RobinsonAmerican barb trousers. For enabling troops to extricate themselves from wire entanglements. Another ingenious idea from the imagination of William Heath Robinson Date: 1918
WW1 - French success at Steinbach, 3rd January 1915WW1 - An illustration representing the French reclaiming Alsace from German occupation. The illustration recreates the scene by using the well-known fairytale Sleeping Beauty, to represent the event
The Three Musketeers - Canadian sharpshooters, WW1" The Three Musketeers" of Princess Patricias Own (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry) firing from a mound with a fine view of the German first line trenches
Cartoon, There are none so deaf, WW1Cartoon, There are none so deaf, showing a typical pessimist talking about the war to two women in a restaurant. Surrounding them is a border of barbed wire, keeping out any item of good news
Wild Life on the Western Front - Rats in the TrenchesRats grown to aldermanic size pictured scuttling around the trenches on the Western Front. The vermin were a perennial problem during the conflict. Date: 1917
Upper Ruxley - Black and white lantern slide. View showing barbed wire fence bordering tracks.. Part of Box 399. Boswell Collection. Date: circa 1900
A Visit to the Alpini by Bruce Bairnsfather, WW1 cartoonYou might think the Austrians were safe on top of a place like this - but they re not. Cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander showing three Austrian soldiers staked out atop a
Soldiers on Western Front with gas masks, WW1Soldiers on the Western Front wearing gas masks. 1916
WW1 messenger dogs - training them to jump barbed wireMessenger dogs destined for the British Army, being trained to jump and clear barbed wire entanglements during the First World War. Date: 1914-18
Wall plaque with ornate border - WWIWall plaque with ornate border showing plane, shells, parcels, tins, barbed wire, etc. Centre shows cartoon I likes me drop o rum. Good condition. Bairnsfather Ware
Beaker - A Souvenir of the Great WarBeaker. Transfer reads Well if you knows. Transfer of bird, tree and barbed wire on the other side. Ornate border to rim. Base reads A Souvenir of the Great War. Bairnsfather Ware
Wall plaque - A Memento of the Great WarWall plaque with ornate border showing plane, shells, parcels, tins, barbed wire, etc. Centre shows cartoon I likes me drop o rum. A Memento of the Great War on base. Bairnsfather Ware
The joys of Listening patrol. ELP AM CATCHED ON THIS ------------ BARBED ----WIRE. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps
The defences of the village of CaestreScale 1/2500 of the defences of the village of Caestre - April 1918, showing 11 machine gun positions, trenches and barbed wire produced by 286681, E. North, 90th Field Coy, Royal Engineers
Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire, WW1Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire with a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware
America in the Field by Heath Robinson, WW1War Inventions - Not Needed Now! William Heath Robinson imagines America in the field! 2. Barb-pants - to enable infantry to get out of barbed wire. Date: 1918
Thirsty German Prisoners of WarA First World War official photograph showing thirsty German prisoners in a compound enclosed by a barbed wire fence. Date: circa 1916
Ships that pass in the Night by Bruce BairnsfatherShips that Pass in the Night " Where do yer want this put, Sargint?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916
With the British navy off the Dardanelles, WW1With the British navy off the Dardanelles during the First World War. Top: HMS Agamemnon and the arrival of a big transport. Middle: a British battleship under fire from enemy shrapnel
British trench with Lewis gun, Western Front, WW1A British trench with a Lewis gun ready for action on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British lookout soldier in trench, Western Front, WW1A British soldier on lookout duties in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Battlefield near La Boisselle, Western Front, WW1A battlefield and trench near the village of La Boisselle on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British shell bursting on German trenches, WW1A British shell bursting on German trenches on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
American soldiers with machine gun, Western Front, WW1American soldiers with a machine gun behind barbed wire on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Mr Balfour on visit to captured village, Western Front, WW1Arthur James Balfour on a visit to a captured village on the Western Front during World War One. He served as British Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919. Date: circa 1916
British soldiers digging a trench, WW1British soldiers digging a trench on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Shell bursting on front line trench, Western Front, WW1A shell bursting on a front line trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British tank in action, Western Front, France, WW1A British tank in action on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
German soldiers digging a trench, WW1Artists impression of German soldiers digging and fortifying a trench at night, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. The soldier in the foreground is lighting a cigarette
German soldier in a trench, WW1Artists impression of a German soldier in a trench, with a fence of barbed wire, in a mountainous area during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Factory with coiled wire - WW1A factory with newly manufactured wire standing in coils on the floor. Possibly the basis for barbed wire detined for the Western Front - WW1 Date: circa 1915
Sandbags and barbed wire, India. Date: 1918
Watercolour scene with beach and observation postA watercolour scene showing a beach with an observation post built on stilts. A woman in a swimming costume sits on a rock looking out to sea
British soldiers WWIIBritish 2nd Army moving on the Western Front in Belgium during World War II Date: January 1940