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“German soldiers mending their socks”, photo 1914/15

From: Illustrierte Geschichte des Weltkrieges 1914/15, Vol. 1, Stuttgart et al., 211

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Josef Neubauer

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    The appearance of Imperial-Royal soldiers radically changed shortly after the war broke out, most of all because of the shortage of suitable raw materials and the impractical uniforms worn until then.