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Title: The flower of the German army in the Brussels parade.
Image ID: 830815
Image ID 830815
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 31 x 23 cm. (12 1/4 x 9 in.)
Material Type: Photographic prints
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Armies -- German -- 1900-1999
Hussars -- 1910-1991
Military Parades & Ceremonies -- Belgium -- Brussels -- 1900-1999
Soldiers -- German -- Belgium -- Brussels -- 1900-1999
Book Illustrations
Notes: Printed on border: "The Kaiser's crack troops were sent to impress the people of Brussels. In this splendid photograph (from a private source in Brussels) a group of Hussar officers is seen in the Chaussée de Louvain studying Belgian papers and enjoying a brief rest before their rush through Belgium to attempt that crushing blow at France which was the keynote of German strategical theory for the first phase of the war."
Date Published: 1914
Barcode Number: 33333159432349
Struc ID: 586677
Source: The Great War : the standard history of the all-Europe conflict : profusely illustrated.   View All images from Source
In Folder: Army -- Germany -- 1900s   View All images from Folder

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