Maces to Kill Wounded Allied POWs

Notes:

This is a photograph of two maces, reportedly used by German soldiers to kill wounded prisoners. Both have wooden handles, but one has a strap. These types of weapons were common in both Allied and German trenches and were used during hand-to-hand combat.

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/314