PHOTOGRAPHY. Portrait of a sergeant of the 242nd artillery regiment holder of the war cross, 70 X 47 cm, framed under glass, old carved wooden frame. BE The 242nd RAC was created in April 1917 from the 3 groups of 75th guns of the 156th ID. It fought on the Macedonian front until the armistice with Bulgaria on September 29th 1918.

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