German troops stopping for midday rations on the way to Brussels, First World War mb-code 42-56231896 wearing plumes on his head

wearing plumes on his head and loose dress with a dog at his feet

[A small space but rich in various herbs]

In 1845-1847 he assisted the British archaeologist AH Layard in his first expedition to the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh

including a couple on horseback passing a man with a donkey and a group round a barrow with a street seller approaching

German troops stopping for midday rations on the way to Brussels, First World War mb-code 42-56231896 wearing plumes on his headGerman troops stopping for midday rations on the way to Brussels, First World War, 1914. Illustration from The Great War by HW Wilson, Vol I, (London, 1914).