Group portrait of unidentified troops, most of whom are sitting, and some standing, on a smashed ...

Accession Number C01884
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Cape Helles Area, Cape Helles
Date made 1915
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Group portrait of unidentified troops, most of whom are sitting, and some standing, on a smashed Turkish gun in the fortress of Sedd el Bahr. The gun was a coastal defence gun on a pivoting base, dating from around 1890, and was of European origin.

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