B02941 Accession Number: B02941

Description

The bodies of two Turkish machine gunners who died at their post next to a railway line. Note the empty shells around their Maxim MG08 heavy machine gun on a sled mount. See also B01770.

Details

Accession Number
B02941
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass copy negative
Date Made
c 1918
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Lent by Major Leahy.
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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