A moving portrait of two young men of the French army during World War 1. One of them is looking right in the lens of a German photographer. An anchor is visible on the collar and buttons of the trench coat. The portrait is numbered in the negative, "3685" and "4". Titled "Guinea" in the upper right corner of the negative.

This number is also used in the caption on the verso. The text talks about several "foreign types" in the French army. These men are POW, prisoners of war, from the Battle of Champagne from September 25 to October 6 of the year 1915.
The text on the back incorrectly states that the two men were from New Guinea. But they probably came from Guinea, the then French colony.

The press photo is published by BUFA, Berliner Union Film Ateliers. BUFA is an iconic film campus overlooking Berlin’s famous Tempelhof airport, with its first studios being built in 1912. With over 100 years of making movies, BUFA has been playing an important role in the production of world class media.

Gelatine silver print ca. 16,3 x 12 cm