Photo album which belonged to a German soldier during World War I. [Most photographs are from Eastern Europe, ca. 1914-1918].
97 photographs, mounted on the album leaves, some titled by hand (in German; the handwriting is blurred and partly faded), from the World War I period.
Depicted in the photographs are ruined and destroyed towns, convoys of regiments, tent camps, refugees, war casualties in the battle field, digging pits, bombed bridges, crossing rivers on temporary bridges and airplanes. The album also contains seven photographs of Jews.
Album size: 31X24.5 cm, bound with a string. Handwritten inscription on the front cover (blurred). Photographs approx. 10.5X8 cm (one photograph approx. 16.5X12 cm). Condition varies. Overall good condition. Defects and stains (most of them slight, at corners and margins). Some photographs are scratched and stained in the center. Album in fair-good condition. Some stains and tears to binding of album.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Simon Cohen.