[MILITARIA] WAR of 1914/1918: Reunion of original documents: - Lot 253

Lot 253
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[MILITARIA] WAR of 1914/1918: Reunion of original documents: - Lot 253
[MILITARIA] WAR of 1914/1918: Reunion of original documents: 1/Manuscript and illustrated program of a concert given to the 37th Infantry Regiment, 4th Company on March 29, 1915, 1 ff. in-8; 2/Document in-4 typewritten: Periods of the 37th Infantry Regiment by X...Clairon to the said regiment; 3/Document printed in-4 of the general Grange, Nancy August 26, 1919; 4/ collection of 29 Numbers of the "Le POILU du 37", of which the banner of each number is illustrated, some by Marcel Jeanjean: newspaper of the trenches organ of the 37th of line. each number is of format in-4 and is illustrated (qq small defects, curls and folds). We have the n° 5, 9 to 32, 34 to 37; 5/ Reunion of 11 issues of "La Musette", supplement of the "Poilu du 37", drawings by Bessard, A. Weiss, etc... text by Guy d'Abzac: n°7 to 11; 13 to 18. Rare meeting. Published between 1916 and 1919 by officers and soldiers of the 37th infantry regiment, whose depot was then in Troyes, Le Poilu du 37 is characteristic of trench newspapers. Blocked on a largely stabilized front, the soldiers live long periods of waiting. Their need to communicate and express themselves sometimes resulted in the production of mimeographed or handwritten newspapers, with random distribution and periodicity - depending on the fighting, the death or injury of the editors, etc. These newspapers were an outlet: little or no information from the front, texts often full of humour, saucy or bitter, drawings, poems, plays.
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