Standing Poilu (Gas Mask)

GW048 - Standing Poilu (Gas Mask) | Thomas Gunn

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GW048 – Standing Poilu – Gas Mask

The affectionate nickname “Poilu”, meaning roughly “hairy one”, became synonymous with the ordinary French infantryman of the First World War.

These men endured four years of extraordinarily costly fighting, from the Marne and Verdun to the final Allied offensives of 1918.

GW048 portrays a standing Poilu wearing his gas mask, reflecting another danger that became part of everyday existence at the front after the introduction of chemical warfare.

Available from The Military Workshop – a distinctive Thomas Gunn French Poilu representing the endurance of the ordinary French soldier under some of the Great War's most difficult conditions.

Brand: Thomas Gunn