"The Pleasures of the Barracks" - Sabre Assault Postcard · Fencing Arms & Artifacts

"The Pleasures of the Barracks" - Sabre Assault Postcard

Title: "The Pleasures of the Barracks" - Sabre Assault Postcard
Subject: Military Fencing—France; Sabre Fencing
Description: French postcard with a photograph of the inside of a military fencing school. Two fencers can be seen fencing with sabres as three other fencers and three uniformed soldiers observe. Foils and fencing masks (both padded and unpadded) line the wall behind.
Publisher: Fencing Arms & Artifacts
Date: 1906 (postmark & inscription)
Temporal Coverage: 1900s
Contributor: E. Le Deley (Publisher)
Rights: CC BY-NC 4.0
Is Part Of: Benjamin Bowles Collection
Extent: 13.9 x 8.8 cm
Language: French
Type: Postcard
Identifier: 2020.01.010
Provenance: Loaned for digitization by Benjamin Bowles; Digitized by Benjamin Bowles; Cataloged by Benjamin Bowles