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#14231 - Horses killed by German Marmite Shell explosion

Resource ID
Location
14231
Photograph 528
Title/subtitle
Horses killed by German Marmite Shell explosion
Picture
Horses killed by German Marmite Shell explosion
Format
Photograph
Publisher
Underwood & Underwood, [191?]
Physical description
2 black and white photographs side by side each 6.5cm x 7cm on postcard format
Summary
On back of postcard detailed information about dispatch horses on Western Front in France 1914-1918. Information begins 'It fills the mind with horror to look at these poor animals, their decomposing carcasses covered with tens of thousands of parasitic flies'.
Availability
Not for loan. Copies available for purchase.
Notes
No 14 in a series. On back of photo 'This view authorised for use in the Pan Chro Scope. The Pan Chro Scope Corporation'.