Name/Title
1917 German Army carrier pigeon message paper.Entry/Object ID
1971.29.2Scope and Content
1917 German Army Carrier Pigeon canister message. Printed on onionskin paper with headings for "Nr", "Absender", "Empfanger", "Datum", "Tageszeit", "Eingetroffen Ist Dortige Depesche", "Es Fehlt Noch Dortige Depesche" Message written in pencil translates: "No. 2 Sender C Receiver Division Date 9/4/17 Time 7:38 a.m. To Regiment 263 Via Division. The English Broke Through Across Road Lens-Arras. We Are Holding Out In Cave (II and III). Try To Hold Out Until Reinforcement Arrives."