Imperial German cavalryman with lance and gas mask, WW1, 1918
Salamendacious, 
A horse, a lance, and a gas mask? WW1 was crazy!
PugJesus, 
The lance is actually interesting too - it's not traditional, not a wooden pole with a metal head. It's all-metal - a hollow tube of rolled steel.
Salamendacious, It’s wild to think that a soldier with a javelin or spear on horseback was an incredibly important component of warfare for thousands of years and it all ended, historically speaking, 5 seconds ago.
RyeMeadow, Can you imagine if they gave the horse a gas mask too? Would be even cooler
PugJesus, There are definitely WW1 horse gas masks out there, I'll see if I can dig a good one up.
DrownedRats, 
Your commitment to archeology is truly inspiring!
PugJesus, I have a theoretical degree in internet archeology o7
GONADS125, You never linked it to them after you found it!
GONADS125, lemmy.world/…/ff7374d5-709b-477d-9e47-862a4452492…
OP found the photo but didn’t link it to you.
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