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[Austro-Hungarian troops fighting in Balkans, 1916: dead soldier in front-line trench] – Antique Wall Art

[Austro-Hungarian troops fighting in Balkans, 1916: dead soldier in front-line trench], 1916 — historic photograph
[Austro-Hungarian troops fighting in Balkans, 1916: dead soldier in front-line trench], 1916. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Austro-Hungarian troops fighting in Balkans, 1916: dead soldier in front-line trench] in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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A dead soldier lying in a front-line trench gives this 1916 photogravure a stark focus that the broader title, Austro-Hungarian troops fighting in the Balkans, only hints at. The print comes from *Österreich-Ungarn in Waffen* (*Austria-Hungary in Arms*), a published series that presented the Habsburg war effort in pictures. Its caption card links the scene to Serbia, where Austro-Hungarian forces had fought since the invasion of 1914. Photogravure preserved fine tonal detail, so the trench and the figure within it retain a documentary texture. The catalog data is unverified, so the exact location and circumstances remain uncertain.

Created / published1916
Medium1 photographic print : photogravure.
SubjectsIn: Österreich-Ungarn in Waffen. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Austro-Hungary--Army; Serbia; WWI; POW's; War dead.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,153 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-152155

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