Effect of Shell Fire in Verdun, France

Name/Title

Effect of Shell Fire in Verdun, France

Entry/Object ID

2016.67.49

Description

A French officer is standing on a wooden "duck-board" walkway circling below the rim of a large crater created by the explosion of an underground mine. This scene is in the vicinity of Fort Douaumont near Verdun, France. The scenery is desolate and a small lake fringed with ice lies below at the bottom of the crater.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

* Untyped Subject Place

Verdun, France

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

(verso, black ink, handwritten): Verdun/ Battlefield in vicinity of Fort Douaumond showing the effect of tremendous shell fine

Lexicon

Search Terms

World War I ; Battle of Verdun

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Photograph

Class

Communication Artifacts