“Active Service in the First World War” photo collection 1914-1918

© E27#1000/721#14093#97*

Digitisation of glass plate negatives

The original documents are glass plate negatives and are archived in the fonds on national defence (“Landesverteidigung 1848–1950” - E27). The Federal Archives digitised this collection a few years ago, creating a high-definition digital version of each negative as well as a preview image.

Consulting and using the collection

The photographs that are available online are mainly contained in four dossiers:

• E27#1000/721#14093* Negativplatten und digitale Abzüge 9 x 12 cm; Nr. 1 - 5577; Sch. 1 - 13, 1914-1918
• E27#1000/721#14094* Negativplatten und digitale Abzüge 9 x 13 cm; Nr. 177 - 5749; Sch. 1 - 16, 1914-1918
• E27#1000/721#14095* Negativplatten und digitale Abzüge 13 x 18 cm; Nr. 15 - 5758; Sch. 1 - 261, 1914-1918
• E27#1000/721#14096* Negativplatten und digitale Abzüge 18 x 24 cm; Nr. 333 - 5785; Sch. 1 - 30, 1914-1918

Digital copies of the photographs are also available on Wikimedia Commons.