Photo of the lower ranks of the Telegraph company, headquarters 4th army

Postcard format. The numbering in Roman numerals since 1911 has been set for the army corps, their headquarters and offices, as well as parts of the body of the submission. However, after the outbreak of the First world war in connection with the formation of a large number of buildings (maximum – 37) these coded messages became too cumbersome. Therefore, no later than 1916 the hull and corresponding parts are numbered in Arabic numerals, the numbering is the same in Roman numerals went to the armies and units directly subordinate to them (the maximum number of the army was 12). A special sign on the shoulder straps in the form of two intertwined zippers indicates that the picture depicts the ranks of a Telegraph company at the headquarters of the 4th army. In December 1916 4th army was transferred from the West to the Romanian front, where he remained until the dissolution. The appearance of soldiers is typical for the final period of the war: shirts and trousers in different shades of khaki arbitrary cut from fabrics with different degree of wear, cavalry straps with buckle spankaway. The characteristic sign of the times – the manner of wearing otborochnogo belt under the cockade caps. The right of the table you can see the paper and stamp it – probably for forms telephone messages. On the back of the photo indicated the owner's name and shooting date – July 25, 1917, the Guarantee of authenticity.