christerd Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Another photo which droped in my mailbox today , a typical trench scene with some veterans showing up before the camera you can see in their faces that they have seen more then anyone should in a lifetime. But the interesting thing is in the background A snipers armour , I´m not sure that they where used for snipers only but this is the first card I got in + 20 years of collecting showing this protection armour. The postman made my day Christer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naxos Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Nice find! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mametz Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Great pic Regards Mametz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev in Deva Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Very nice picture, interestingly not a weapon to be seen amongst them! Kevin in Deva. :jumping: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hauptmann Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Great pic! Looks to me like the armor was definitely placed to show it off. Perhaps they were one of the first units to receive one... or it was so novel at the time they had to include it in the pic. Great find! Dan :cheers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Another photo which droped in my mailbox today , a typical trench scene with some veterans showing up before the camera you can see in their faces that they have seen more then anyone should in a lifetime. But the interesting thing is in the background A snipers armour , I´m not sure that they where used for snipers only but this is the first card I got in + 20 years of collecting showing this protection armour. The postman made my day Christer Great photo. The armor was actually issued to assault troops, sentries, and machine gunners. Assault troops rejected it because it was too heavy, cumbersome, and noisy. It could be worn on the back or the front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wolfe Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 At time these on-site photos have a lot more to show in the back ground that is more historically interesting than the subjects in the foreground and this is a good example. Thanks for taking the time to share it with us. Regards Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted September 15, 2011 Author Share Posted September 15, 2011 Thanks all, Its true what Brian said that often the most interesting things are "hidden" in the background. Now I have started to look at all my photos more closer and see if I can find some more suprises Christer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prussian Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Nice photo!!!!!! Is there anything written on the reverse?Maybe we can locate the trench, if we´d know the unit and the date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christerd Posted September 17, 2011 Author Share Posted September 17, 2011 Nice photo!!!!!! Is there anything written on the reverse?Maybe we can locate the trench, if we´d know the unit and the date Hi andy, No nothing on the back sorry to say .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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