Great War 1914-18

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"The Palace Guard" of the Khedivate of Egypt by Austrian painter Ludwig Deutsch, Paris, 1892. https://www.flickr.com/photos/artenzie/2585848754/in/gallery-43239844@N05-72157624224194921/

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Königlich Sächsische 16. Infanterie-Regiment Nr.182  Letter on reverse: addressed to a Joh[hanna] Marschner in Chemnitz, the author excitedly announces he is leaving for the front on Saturday. Postage cancelled at Freiberg on 1.10.1914. Freiberg was the hometown of Kgl. Sächs. 16. Infanterie-Regiment Nr.182.  Colored by Leo Courvoisier.

https://www.pinterest.com/leocourvoisier/ww1/

https://www.facebook.com/Greetingsfromthetrenches

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German soldiers playing cards next to their garden.

http://boingboing.net/2013/08/07/unseen-world-war-i-photos-ger.html

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2nd Lieutenant Douglas MacArthur 1905.

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A very young Lugosi, via arcaneimages.

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Béla Lugosi in 1914, a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian Army.

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1er août 1914 - Début de la Grande Guerre (“1st August 1914 - Beginning of the Great War”). A French infantryman wearing his blue overcoat and red trousers. These striking uniforms gave the French panache and made them readily distinguishable on the battlefield. This was a necessity in earlier periods of warfare but was ill-suited for combat of the early 20th century where camouflage and blending into the terrain was more important.

https://www.herodote.net/1er_aout_1914-evenement-19140801.php

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Indian soldiers of the British Army, stationed In Tientsin, China, in 1911.

https://twitter.com/dr_irfanmalik/status/829110066263494656

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A wounded cuirassier in the First World War, an anachronism In modern warfare, 1914.

http://imgur.com/SYZVe

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Original watercolor illustration by Stephen Walsh for “Armies of the Balkan Wars 1912-13,” (the priming charge for the Great War) from the Men at Arms series #466 by Osprey Publishing. It shows Serbian troops serving in a trench. From left to right: private and second line infantryman from the 6th Infantry Regiment, Drina Division; captain of the 4th Heavy Artillery; and a Volunteer Auxiliary. https://www.etsy.com/listing/93983359/serbian-army-armies-of-the-balkan-wars?ref=shop_home_active_2

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Paintings of different Bulgarian soldiers and their uniforms during the Balkan Wars c.1913 (Georges Scott - L'Illustration: source)

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Uniforms of the First Balkan War (1912-13) identical to those of the opening year of the Great War (1914).

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Greek and Bulgarian soldier following the end of the First Balkan War in 1913.

via reddit

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Good example of Greek and Bulgarian uniforms for 1914.