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Boche gun in concrete pit, one shell jambed in breech and one in mouth of gun to stop us using it against its owners
Boche gun in concrete pit, one shell jambed in breech and one in mouth of gun to stop us using it against its owners
This photograph is a confused jumble of masonry and weaponry. What appears to have once been a wall now has a hole in it, through which a gun barrel is protruding. The end of it has been 'stopped.' There is nothing in the photograph to give it scale and there is no sign of life. It is thought to have been taken by John Warwick Brooke. The derogatory term for a German, 'Boche’, originates from t…
Contributors
- Germany. Heer
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Breeches (barrel components)
- Field artillery
- Sabotage
- War destruction & pillage
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Germany. Heer
- John Warwick Brooke
Subject
- Breeches (barrel components)
- Field artillery
- Sabotage
- War destruction & pillage
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1914 - 1920
- 1914/1920
- 2005
Identifier
- 74548302
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T12:20:03.244Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:41.229Z