Derek · @Deeko
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Two German postcards of Scottish prisoners of the Great War. They are of the same men with each image taken seconds or minutes apart, while standing in front of storage sheds or possibly rail transport.
They are wearing glengarrys and spatts. Showing these were taken in 1914/15.
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Derek · @Deeko
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Two German postcards.
The top one shows highland soldiers of the Great War in captivity, holding food bowls while a German guard stands posing with them.
Below is a manipulated version of the image. The German has been removed and Senegalese prisoners added.
It’s a very rough and ready job. The sun is shining on different sides of the two groups faces.
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Derek · @Deeko
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Staff of the 3rd (reserve) Bn The Black Watch. Sometime between the Boer War and Great War.
Message on back of postcard read. “These are the ones that put you through it.”
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