SZ Photo - German captive balloons and barrage balloons, 1914-1918

19.11.1918 - At the Western front, German soldiers get a captive balloon ready for take-off. On the balloon, the Iron Cross tags the nationality of this tool of war. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1918 - Soldiers from a german Field Balloon Division on the Western front push the gas out of a tethered balloon. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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11.07.1918 - Members of a german field airship detachment take down a moored balloon with toggle lines. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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23.11.1915 - German airship crew prepare for the ascent of a moored balloon in the First World War . [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1918 - Soldiers fold a balloon together after they have let the gas out. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1918 - The gas from a damaged moored balloon (left) is transferred into a new balloon. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1918 - With the help of a map affixed to a balloon basket, an officer explains the situation at the front to an observer sent on reconnaissance. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1917 - German moored balloon on the Italian front, which was deployed over the Piave valley to observe Italian artillery. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.01.1915 - German soldiers get ready a captive balloon to ascend at the beginning of 1915. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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01.02.1915 - Soldiers fill a captive balloon with buoyant gas in France. The gas tanks are camouflaged under the haystack. [XPAEXPORTID000006]
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