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Radio shack with bicycle powered generator (1915-1918)

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On scene a group of 10 men in a communications post somewhere behind the lines. On the far left is a petrol powered generator and a few soldiers are manning the radio transmitter. Most interesting however, is that two guys are on a tandem bicycle to generate power for their electronics. I've never seen a picture of one being used by the Germans in WWI yet. Quite and interesting find. The cyclists are wearing a M1915 Bluse, giving some indication of the period.

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Uploaded on October 30, 2015
Taken sometime in 2014