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Germany's Army Reservist Kept in Fighting Trim

Glatz (Kłodzko)


Date
1935, July 15
Location
Glatz (Kłodzko)
Country
Poland
Material
silver gelatin print on glossy paper
Size
15,9 (17,8) x 21,8 (23,1) cm
Artist
ACME · Unidentified Photographer

Description

verso labeled in typeset: SCH312503 Although no longer part of the German Army, members of the reserve corps are still under the Army's jurisdiction and at certain periods following their discharge from the Army, the reservists are brought back for an eight-week course of military training to brush up on their Army knowledge. The above photo shows a group receiving rifle instruction at a training camp in the old fortress city of Glatz in Schlesien.
Credit Line (ACME) 7/15/35
Stamped: ACME Newspictures Inc.; REF. DEPT. Sep 19 1935 N. E. A.
Handwritten: A 48