Title

Lieutenant-General Felix Maximilien Eugene Wielemans (1863-1917), Chief of Staff, 1917. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Lieutenant-General Felix Maximilien Eugene Wielemans (1863-1917), Chief of Staff of the Belgian Army during the World War I, 1917. Wielemans represented Belgium at the Allied War Council in December 1915, and the Paris Conference in March 1916. He died suddenly of suspected pneumonia in January 1917, thought to have been contracted whilst in the trenches. From Will's Cigarettes 'Allied Army Leaders' cigarette card series, 1917.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1917

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C64_091

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

11,3Mb (654,2Kb) / 4,9in x 8,9in / 1472 x 2680 (300dpi)

Keywords

blue smiling people male face man men health country body guy clothes Belgium color colour uniform dress Belgian military war location century moustache jacket leader disease first world war concept one person Army warfare World War I WWI 19th century World War One 1910s 20th century nineteenth century pneumonia The Print Collector 1st World War chief of staff cigarette card kepi lieutenant general the body WW1 direct gaze portrait Unknown cigarette card Allied forces Wills Cigarettes war council Felix Maximilien Eugene Wielemans Wielemans Felix Maximilien Eugene cigarette card portrait