Author: DOUAUMONT OSSUARY SOUVENIR VERDUN:
Title: Souvenir de l'Ossuaire de Douaumont, Champs de Bataille de Verdun. Pour aider à sauver de l'oubli nos grands Morts de Verdun...[Edition originale; Original edition].
Description: [Verdun], Comité de l'Ossuaire. [..], 1924. Small oblong 8°. [195x90mm]. Original limp thin boards, covertitle in bold black type with monochrome illustrations. Album with 20 original picture postcards with illustrated stubs, each 190x90mm. Extensive captions in french and occasionally in english and french on versos of cards. Cards not circulated. Illustrating the Ossuary and other monuments of remembrance of the First World War at Verdun and Douaumont Fortress. The Ossuary has been disegned by Messrs. Azéma, Edri and Hardy, Architects. French/english language souvenir album in remembrance of those unknown troops who perished in the First World War, and more specifically of the Battle at Verdun fortress Douaumont. Very fine and complete set.

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