Village self-defence unit (militia) , armed with guns, spears and hand grenades, South Shanxi, 1939

Village self-defence unit (militia) , armed with guns, spears and hand grenades, South Shanxi, 1939

Collection

Lindsay, Michael

Identifier

ML02-d141

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: ML02-d141. This photograph was reproduced in ‘The Unknown War, North China 1937-1945' by Michael Lindsay (London, 1975), with the caption: Village militia.

Caption on photograph

Village self-defence unit in South Shansi. The effective weapons are the hand-grenades which can be seen slung round the necks of some of the men in the rear. / From M. Lindsay.  

Location

Shanxi

Date

1939

Photographer

Lindsay, Michael

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

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