Maces to Kill Wounded Allied POWs
Description:
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.
Institution:
Western Michigan University Libraries
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.
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text