Mace to Kill Wounded Allied Prisoners

Notes:

This photograph shows a mace, used by the Germans to kill wounded Allied POW's. This mace had a flexible handle and a strap. It was undoubtedly used in close combat in the trenches and not necessarily employed to dispatch wounded men.

Date Created:

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Crime, Propaganda, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Freedom’s Triumph: The Why, When and Where of the European Conflict. Chicago: Women’s Weekly, 1919, 45.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/313