France, Third Republic (1870-1940). Small album of 52 small-format amateur photos (6 x 4 cm), silver prints, covering the years of the 1914-18 war taken in the theater of operations, including campaigns in Africa, colonial troops, officers and enlisted men, corpses, nurses. Green coated canvas album cover. Album size 19 x 13.5 cm. Attached are 70 amateur "flying" photos, silver prints, of the same set and miscellaneous. Some are captioned and dated on the reverse (wear, minor wear and age-related patina. Fairly good condition).

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