Foreign Military Attaches in France 1913.


This published card of foreign military attaches in France in 1913 is annotated regarding an automobile accident involving Colonel Dupont and Colonel von Winterfeld, which cost the latter his life.

I identify these officers' uniforms as follows:

First row, left to right:
Unknown
Unknown
Russia
Great Britain
France (Col. Dupont)
Unknown (France?)
Unknown
Austria-Hungary
Unknown
Unknown (Italy?)

Second row:
Unknown (France?)
Unknown
Germany (Col. Winterfeld)
United States
Unknown
Unknown (France?)
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown (Germany?)
Unknown (France?)

Back row:
Unknown (France?)
Unknown
Unknown (Sweden?)
Belgium (Maj. Colon)
Unknown (Switzerland?)
Turkey
Unknown
Japan
Unknown
Unknown (France?)

Page by Mark Conrad, 2010.