War Trophy

A young woman poses on a German artillery piece, captured by Canadian units in September 1918 and brought back to Canada as a war trophy.

War trophy – German 5.9" howitzer captured by 2nd Battalion, 1st Division, Canadian Corps, near the Canal du Nord, 27 September 1918

photograph, 6.5cm x 9cm
War, Memory and Popular Culture Archives - The University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario
First World War