1918 WWI RPPC Lot Stenay France US Army Engineers Rebuild Bombed Meuse Bridge

This lot consists of 15 original real photo postcards (RPPCs) documenting U.S. Army Engineers rebuilding a destroyed bridge on the road to Stenay, France at the end of World War I. The Germans blew up the bridges over the Meuse River as they retreated, and these images show the damage and subsequent reconstruction from November 12 through November 22, 1918. Views include the bombed-out bridge, engineers at work clearing rubble and laying timbers, the completed replacement bridge, and scenes with automobiles, supply trucks, horse-drawn wagons, and motorcycles with sidecars. Several images are hand-captioned and dated by the U.S. 310th Engineers, providing direct unit attribution.

– Lot of 15 real photo postcards (RPPCs)
– Location: Stenay, France
– Subject: U.S. Army 310th Engineers rebuilding destroyed Meuse River bridge
– Dates: November 12–22, 1918
– Content: destroyed bridge, reconstruction scenes, vehicles, equipment, and completed span
– Format: unused RPPCs, standard postcard size

Note that two of the cards have a duplicate

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