WWI, Veneto Pre-Alps, Italy, Mount Forno. A nice stone plaque placed in 1967 by old enemy soldiers when they found themselves on the former battlefields. "Here in the remote 1916-1917 winter because of a great snowfall truce between Alpini soldiers of the 62nd Comp. Batt. Bassano and Austrian soldiers exchange of bread for cigarettes-firewood chopping in neutral zone-enemy's saw stolen Ambrosini Marco and friends meeting in Asiago with the former enemy Karl Fritz from Graz recalling that episode with mutual sympathy put this memorial Asiago-Monte Forno 15-9-1976
WWI, Veneto Pre-Alps, Italy, Mount Forno. A nice stone plaque placed in 1967 by old enemy soldiers when they found themselves on the former battlefields. "Here in the remote 1916-1917 winter because of a great snowfall truce between Alpini soldiers of the 62nd Comp. Batt. Bassano and Austrian soldiers exchange of bread for cigarettes-firewood chopping in neutral zone-enemy's saw stolen Ambrosini Marco and friends meeting in Asiago with the former enemy Karl Fritz from Graz recalling that episode with mutual sympathy put this memorial Asiago-Monte Forno 15-9-1976 Italian : Nel lontano inverno 1916-17 causa grande nevicata tregua d'armi tra Alpini della 62^ Comp. Batt. Bassano e soldati Austriaci scambio pane con sigarette - taglio legna a zona neutra - rubato segone al nemico Ambrosini Marco ed amici incontrando ad Asiago l'ex nemico Karl Fritz di Graz rievocando l'episodio con reciproca simpatia questo ricordo posero Asiago - Monte Forno 15-9-1976
Size: 3843px × 2571px
Location: Asiago Plateau, Veneto, Italy
Photo credit: © Ferdinando Piezzi / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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