Guide to the Cross-dressed French Prisoner Of War Postcards, 1916 November 9

Photographic postcards of French soldiers held as prisoners of war in a German internment camp. The soldiers may have been appearing in a theatrical of the sort that was common at the front. Both are cross-dressed in conservative clothing. Both postcards have "Kriegsgefangenensendung" (prisoner of war communication) and the name of the internment camp, the Neues Lager at Königsbruck in Saxony, printed on the back. Both are dated and addressed from René Bossion, a member of the 4th Infantry Batallion, one addressed to Albert Bossion and one to Marie Louise Bossion in Lorient, France, but neither card bears a stamp or postmark.

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Identifier: qb98mf45k
Collection: Discovery Resources
Institution: Human Sexuality Collection, Cornell University
Creator(s): Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Date Created: 2014
Dates Covered: Nov. 9, 1916
Genre: Finding Aids
Subject(s): Albert Bossion
France. Armée. Bataillon de chasseurs à pied, 4ème.
Gerard Koskovich
Marie Louise Bossion
René Bossion
Places: France
Germany
Topic(s): Prisoners of war
Soldiers
World War, 1914-1918
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Related URL: http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/htmldocs/RMM07795.html
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