This World War I era photograph captures two German Army officers sharing a coffee break at a makeshift table in a rear-area encampment. Their field-grey tunics, peaked service caps, and rank insignia identify them as members of the Imperial German Army, while the woven wattle screen behind them reflects a common field-construction technique used for dugouts and camp shelters. Such informal images, taken away from the front lines, offer a glimpse of the ordinary daily routines that filled the long stretches between combat for soldiers of the Great War, 1914-1918. Project: 218439