Accession Number | P03778.006 |
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Collection type | Photograph |
Object type | Black & white - Print silver gelatin |
Maker |
Unknown |
Place made | North Africa: Libya |
Date made | c 1941 - 1942 |
Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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A beached British landing barge (D lighter) is being used by a group of German Afrika Korps ...
Description
A beached British landing barge (D lighter) is being used by a group of German Afrika Korps soldiers as a bath house. They have hung their clothes on the side of the barge. Note the number 25 on the side. This private German photograph is from an album found by NX50685 Private (later Sergeant) Norman Ashley Coleman, 9th Division Supply Company.