Deserter Collection

Field Gun outside the TJaegershof Restaurant
The restaurant has a small but interesting museum which is concerned with the activities nearby, including the St Sixtus Abbey

Jean Baptiste Capri, a French deserter who lived on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas Islands, with tattoos. Handcoloured stipple engraving from Frederic Shoberls The World in Miniature, The South Sea Islands

Abyssinians relaxing with Nathaniel Pierce (in yellow skirt), a British sailor who deserted from ship The Antelope and went native

Dancer Zelie Molard as Louise in Le Deserteur, 1824
Dancer Mlle. Zelie Molard as Louise in Le Deserteur by Francois-Alexis Blache Jr. choreographed by Dauberval, Theatre de la Porte St. Martin, 1824. Handcoloured lithograph by F

Russian deserters forced back, WW1
Two demoralised Russian soldiers, on the point of deserting, are forced back by a loyal soldier on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1917

Cartoon, The best evidence, WW1
Cartoon, The best evidence, showing a French couple challenging a German man (living in France but near the German border)

Cartoon, Turkish soldiers confronting deserter, WW1
Satirical German cartoon showing Turkish soldiers confronting the first Serbian deserter (represented by a large bug) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

The Deserter. Bridgford, Thomas 1812-1878

The Sale of a Deserters Belongings on board a British Warsh
Illustration showing the sale of the belongings of a deserter, on board a British battleship. This rare event was held whenever a seaman deserted and left belongings on board a ship

White Russian Deserter
A deserter from Denikens White Russian army

Agence De Desertion / 1909
Legion Etrangere : a deserter at an Agence de Desertion in Algeria

A Captured Deserter
A captured deserter led through the streets

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