FRANCE - WORLD WAR I - Lot 366

FRANCE - WORLD WAR I Important archive from a French soldier: Trenches, French, Canadian and British officers, destroyed buildings, explosions, supplies, cemeteries, inauguration of the Wilson Bridge in Lyon on July 14, 1918, Edward Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII) at a military ceremony, ceremony in the courtyard of Les Invalides with Marshal Joffre, Generals during the Battle of the Somme, prisoners, cannon, balloons, Comité interalliés in Versailles with Clémenceau, reception of troops in Alsace, Château de Beauregard in Belleu, Aisne, presentation of decorations to women, Château de Pau, Pérone, Noyon, Val d'Oise, Marne, Meurthe et Moselle, brass band in Italy. Photographs. Approx. 550 vintage silver prints, some with captions on the back. Approx. 30 silver prints enclosed: 1920s-1940s, Sino-Japanese war, politicians, military, etc. Approx. 13 x 18 cm