Minierstollen

A small sign at the feet of the central figure reads "Minierstollen".

Herbert Albert Krueger

A card from Private Krueger of Brillion, Wisconsin to his father while on occupation duty in Germany. Curiously the card starts off Dear Father but is address to Fred Glassow. Fred is listed on Herbert's draft card as his employer. 

Wigs

As with many group photos the clowns show up in the back row. Here they are sporting a number of wigs.

A Litter of Rabbits

A German officer displaying a litter of rabbits.

Stick Grenade Disposal

This appears to be a group of Americans that have been assigned to dispose of a large cache of German stick grenades.

Boche Wire Entanglements

A section of German barbed wire on the Western Front.

In der Champagne

Artillery Damage

No written explanation on this card. It looks like someone took a picture showing the artillery damage just above the bed they were sleeping in.

Messines

A German supply depot at Messines two months before the Battle of Messines (1917).

Railroad Repair

A narrow gauge track runs along the main tracks being repaired by these German troops. They are close enough to the front to warrant a screen to shield they from the sight of the enemy.

Ausmarsch

German troops festooned with flowers marching off to the front.

Aerial Photography

Two German photographs showing aerial views of the battlefield. The top shows two very faint trench lines. Soldiers can be seen in the trenches as well as in the area between them. The bottom pictures the remains of a building in a heavily shelled area. It is not clear if there are soldiers among the ruins.

German Munitions Factory

A German machine shop making artillery shells.

Grudusk Church

A German field kitchen and artillery outside a heavily damaged church in Grudusk. The church still stands today.

300 Meters From the Frenchmen

A frontline German trench. If the note on the back is to be believed it is only 300 meters to the opposing French trench.

Trench Ladders

Four German soldiers carrying short makeshift ladders through a shallow trench. It must have been a very secure area to allow the photographer to set up on a high point to take this picture.

Tranchée No. 1

Four German officers posing in a trench. The one in the leather coat holds a sign that says Tranchée No. 1. Perhaps this is a trench they captured from the French.

Bavarian Infantryman

A Bavarian infantryman. He has a Gewehr 88 rifle with a S71 bayonet and Model 1895 ammunition pouches. These were typical of Landwehr regiments.

Magdeburgisches Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 66

Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 126 Großherzog Friedrich von Baden

This card was sent shortly after the regiment entered the line in the sector near Ville-sur-Tourbe in January of 1917.