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Crossing the Rhine at Coblenz
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Crossing the Rhine at Coblenz

War Department · 1918-12-13 · pencil (overall production method/technique)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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A pencil and watercolor sketch on paper of the first American soldiers to cross the Rhine river at Coblenz, Germany (now known as Koblenz) after the Armistice of World War I. A pontoon bridge provides a crossing over the Rhine River. On the left of the bridge is a column of soldiers; a few vehicles are on the right.

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Credit lineCrossing the Rhine at Coblenz. 1918-12-13. War Department. National Museum of American History, War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff. CC0.

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