Prize-giving of the 1st Division Fearless
Category
Photographs
Date
Jun 1918
Materials
Photographic card
Measurements
138 x 91 mm
Place of origin
Veneto
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 610244.10
Summary
An officer pins a medal on a soldier while a line of soldiers and officers wait in the background. Official caption on list 'Prize giving of the 1st Division Fearless'. Official photographs of the battle between the Astico and Piave rivers, printed in postcard format. Descriptions come from list of captions enclosed in album translated by Marina Trivedi. Edith Teresa Hulton (1890-1972), later Lady Berwick, worked as a Red Cross volunteer in a variety of locations in north-east Italy in the Italian war zone during World War I. She married Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick of Attingham (1877-1947) on 30th June 1919 in Venice, Italy.
Provenance
8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).
Marks and inscriptions
On bottom right of photograph: 1518 F Below photograph : Premiazione 1st Div Arditi Printed on back: Item reproduced as postcard. (top left) 'SEZIONE FOTOCINEMATGRAFICA DEL P ESERCITO ITALIANO' (Photographic section of the Italian army) Printed bottom left 'Riproduzione vietata' (reproduction prohibited) Written on back: 'Pr Div Arditi'