Group of 1914-18 First World War Imperial German Army soldiers pose with their officer (middle row, peaked cap) for a portrait. The 21 infantrymen wear buttoned tunics and forage caps, with many holding cigarettes. The number ‘118’ is just visible on some of the men’s shoulder boards, signifying that they belonged to Infantry Regiment 118 (Infanterie Regiment Prinz Carl Nr. 118), part of the 56th Infantry Division that suffered heavy losses fighting from 1915 to 1918 on both Eastern and Western Fronts in battles such as those at Verdun, the Somme and Arras.

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Group of 1914-18 First World War Imperial German Army soldiers pose with their officer (middle row, peaked cap) for a portrait. The 21 infantrymen wear buttoned tunics and forage caps, with many holding cigarettes. The number ‘118’ is just visible on some of the men’s shoulder boards, signifying that they belonged to Infantry Regiment 118 (Infanterie Regiment Prinz Carl Nr. 118), part of the 56th Infantry Division that suffered heavy losses fighting from 1915 to 1918 on both Eastern and Western Fronts in battles such as those at Verdun, the Somme and Arras. The 118th Infantry was drawn from the Grand Duchy of Hesse, which included the Rhineland in central western Germany.

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Size: 10139px × 6423px
Location: First World War Western Front
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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