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„Stromwache Rheinweiler im Kriege gegen: Belgien, England, Frankfreich, Japan, Marokko, Montenegro, Monacco, Russland, Serbien u.s.w. im Jahre der Prügel 1914.“

Letter generously translated by Nettenscheider; authored sometime in October 1914 and addressed to a Herr Troll - a former employer perhaps? Postage cancelled in Heitersheim on 24.10.1914.

 

Badisches Landsturmmänner u. Nachrichtentruppe from the 57th Infanterie Brigade form a "Stromwache", perhaps in the grounds of Schloss Rheinweiler. The blinker signal lamp in the foreground appears to be an A.S. Scheinwerfer 25 Carl Zeiss Jena type.

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