Title

Infantry fitted with the latest gas marks and steel helmets, World War I, 1915-1918.Artist: Realistic Travels Publishers

Caption

Infantry fitted with the latest gas marks and steel helmets, World War I, 1915-1918. The Germans were the first to make use of poison gas on the Western Front, at Ypres in April 1915, but by the end of the war both sides had made extensive use of gas. Stereoscopic card detail.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1915

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C51_323

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,5Mb (3,7Mb) / 13,4in x 14,3in / 4025 x 4297 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male man men protection guy Flanders protected dress gas war front location century protect helmet protective soldiers soldier first world war concept gas mask Army warfare chemical warfare protective equipment World War I WWI infantry battlefield World War One 1910s 20th century British Army The Print Collector 1st World War stereoscopic stereoscopic photography trench warfare Western Front WW1 British Expeditionary Force photograph stereoscopic card Realistic Travels Publishers BEF photograph