Verdun Collection

Aerial view of the bombardment of Fort Douaumont, Verdun

French artillery shells being loaded for transport
French soldiers load artillery shells for their guns at Verdun onto a lorry for transport. 1916

German gunners with heavy artillery, France, WW1
German gunners in action with heavy artillery near Verdun, north eastern France, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German soldiers billeted behind lines of Verdun, WW1
German soldiers billeted behind the lines of Verdun, northern France, February 1916, in the middle of the First World War. 1916

Verdun, France, WW1

The Victor of Verdun
A side profile portrait caricature of a military man, with a slumped posture and a sniffly nose. Date: circa 1917

Cartoon, Reckoning without their host, WW1
Cartoon, Reckoning without their host. Defeated at Verdun, Germany, Prussia and Death walk away despondently. A smiling French soldier in the background says they had everything planned

Winter night on the French front at Verdun 1917
A dramatic scene of 32nd Regiment of infantry amongst the action and destruction in the trenches in Verdun, France

Verdun Victims remains still in temporary Ossuary in 1927, awaiting definitive internment. See 10412369 for an earlier shot of the same location. Date: 1927

French war film, Verdun
The grim realism of war captured in the French film, Verdun, telling the story of the ferocious German onslaught and the heroic French defence

French soldiers, Battle of Verdun, France, WW1
French soldiers in action during the Battle of Verdun, north-eastern France, First World War. Date: 1916

The Sphere Unknown Warrior Special Supplement (Page 1). Full page scan. The Warriors Pilgrimage, Armistice Day 1920. Top picture shows the destroyer Verdun coming alongside the Admiralty Pier at

Nina Boucicault in Charleys Aunt
Nina Boucicault (1867-1950), English actress, in the role of Kitty Verdun in the comedy Charleys Aunt. 1892

Verdun -- On ne passe pas, by Louis Mattei
Verdun -- On ne passe pas (They shall not pass), original plaster maquette by Louis Octave Joseph Mattei, First World War. circa 1917

When news arrives that the Prussians are attacking Verdun, the Garde Nationale leaves Paris to defend the country, while crowds cheer them on the Pont Neuf Date: September 1792

Airship Ville de Paris leaving its hangar at Verdun, France. Date: circa 1908

Battle at Thiaumont, Verdun, France, WW1
Artists impression of a battle at Thiaumont, near Verdun, France, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1916

Cartoon, The Kaisers dream, WW1
Cartoon, The Kaisers dream (or nightmare) after losing at Verdun -- a ginger-haired angel holding a rabbit. Date: 1916

After WW1 - The battlefield at Fort Vaux in Verdun, France
A post-war view of the heavily damaged fortifications, wire fences and bunkers at Fort Vaux on the Verdun Battlefield, France. Date: 1920

German Boar held at Verdun - Cartoon
The German Boar held at Verdun. Date: 1916

Bataille de Verdun 1916 Le moulin et l etang de Vaux
Bataille de Verdun 1916. Le moulin et l etang de Vaux. Paul Mansard

German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun, France, WW1
German attack on Fort Vaux, Verdun, north-eastern France, during the First World War. Date: March 1916

Anti-German cartoon, Germans at Verdun, WW1
An anti-German cartoon by a Belgian cartoonist showing the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and his son, Crown Prince Wilhelm, having difficulties on the battlefield at Verdun, north eastern France

Aerial photograph, Battle of Verdun, France, WW1
Aerial photograph (French) of the Battle of Verdun in north eastern France, during the First World War, taken from a height of 400 metres. Date: 1 June 1916

Lieutenant Kurt Rackow, German army officer of the 158th Infantry Regiment, credited with being the first German officer to enter Fort Vaux in northern France

Battle of Verdun 1916
French bayonet charge across no-mans land at the Battle of Verdun on the French front during World War I on August 1916

Airship Ville de Paris in flight at Verdun 1909

Treaty of Verdun (843). Agreement between the sons of Louis the Pious, Lothair I, Louis the Germanic and Charles the Bald, to divide the territories of the Carolingian Empire

Ww1 Cartoon / Pj Verdun
Verdun stands between the Kaiser and Victory Date: 1916

Artillery being sent to German front at Verdun 1916
Bombarment of unending stream of heavy field guns and artillery being sent to Verdun, during World War One. Date: 1916

France / Verdun
Showing extensive damage sustained during World War One Date: 1918

Cartoon, Older soldiers round the campfire, WW1
Cartoon, a group of old and middle aged French soldiers sit round the campfire near Verdun as the snow falls. Date: 1916

WW1 - Lloyd George visits Verdun, France
WW1 - David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM PC (1863 - 1945) looking over the buildings of the city of Verdun in France, September 1916. Date: 1916

Street scene in Verdun after German bombardment, WW1
Appearance of the town of Verdun after a heavy bombardment by German guns in 1916 in order to force French positions. The town was evacuated by civilians

Au camp de Souilly - Verdun, 1916 German prisoners with a mounted French escort. Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939)

On ne passe pas The Battle for Verdun
On ne passe pas. The Battle for Verdun.. Louis Octave Mattei, Born C. 1880. French Sculptor And Engraver Of Medals. Studied Under Tonnelier And Exhibited At The Salon Des Artistes Francais

Board put up by Germans reporting big victory at Verdun
Board put up by Germans to tell us of a big victory at Verdun against the French. 4.3.16 - Mount Sorrel. Copy of Printing on Board - BIS GESTERN ABEND WAREN AN. UNWARENDEIN GEFANGENEN GEZAHLL

Vous ne passerez pas - Verdun, 1916. Jules Monge (1855 -1934)

76 mm shellcase with an Art Deco design of floral embossing
75 mm. shellcase with an Art Deco design of floral embossing, inscribed VERDUN with the Cross of Lorraine. Trench Art

75 mm shellcase with an Art Deco design of floral embossing
75 mm. shellcase with an Art Deco design of floral embossing, inscribed VERDUN with the Cross of Lorraine. Trench Art

Letter opener Engraved Verdun 1918
Letter opener. Engraved Verdun 1918. Trench Art

Verdun - An advanced dressing station on the heights, WW1
Verdun - An advanced dressing station on the heights behind the town, by Ernest Procter, ARA NEAC IS (1886-1935), ambulance driver and official artist with the Friends Ambulance Unit, 1916-1917

Gift of Old Etonians to French village of Eton Woeuvre
The gift of Old Etonians to Etons adopted French village devastated in the First World War : the opening of the school and mairie at Eton Woeuvre near Verdun

Moulainville Fort, Verdun, France, WW1
View of Moulainville Fort, Verdun, north-eastern France, which saw action during the Battle of Verdun, First World War, successfully resisting the enemy. Date: circa 1916

German army at Fort Douaumont, France, WW1
Artists impression of the German army by night at Fort Douaumont, north eastern France, during the First World War. The village of Douaumont was destroyed during the Battle of Verdun

French gunners positioning a heavy gun-carriage
French gunners moving a heavy gun-carriage into position near Verdun. 1916

French Seventy-Fives at Verdun - WWI
French artillery at Verdun - WWI. Battery of seventy-five s. Date: circa 1916

French reservists at Verdun await orders - WWI
French reserve forces behind the front line at Verdun await their orders. Date: circa 1916

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