World War One military homing pigeons acted as efficient messengers and dispatch bearers not only from division to division and from the trenches to the rear. Here two soldiers with motorbikes, each with a wicker basket strapped to his back. A third man is putting a pigeon in one of the baskets. In the background there are two mobile pigeon lofts

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Size: 3140px × 2240px
Location: The Low Countries, Northern Europe
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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