Heard that dentist appointments are being cancelled so as not to spread #coronavirus. Looking at this photo of an Austro-Hungarian soldier in the dentist chair - maybe this is not such a bad thing after all! 😆
August Ritter von Meissl (1867-1921) was an official Austro-Hungarian "War Painter". Meissl was best known for his animal and military paintings, but was also known for drawing caricatures.
Austro-Hungarian artillerymen check and adjust the pressure in the hydro-pneumatic recoil system of a 15 cm Heavy Field Howitzer M.14. Photo is probably from the area between Brody and Dubno in E. Galicia.
Two Austro-Hungarian soldiers inspect an abandoned Russian Lanchester 4×2 Armoured Car in Galicia, Probably 1916. Note the gun shields and the small cupola on the turret, unique to the vehicles delivered to the Russian Army.
Something interesting: A very young legionnaire of the 4th Infantry Regiment of the Austro-Hungarian Polish Legions with a Russian prisoner in Volhynia, 1915/16. Note the decorative eagle on the building in the background.