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WW1 German postcard with image of interior of St Peter & Paul church in Ostend Belgium. It was collateral damage of Allied bombing of the port town.
Nuns overlooking damage and casualties (young boy...)
On the back in French 'Photo de l’église St. Pierre et Paul apres l’explosion d’un obus tombé devant une des portes latérales’ "Photo of the church St. Peter and Paul after the explosion of a shell fallen in front of one of the side doors"
Printed on back in German Marine Bücherei. Photographische Abteilung. Ostende. (Naval Library. Photographic Department. Ostend.) The Marine‑Bücherei des Marinekorps Flandern was the official publishing arm of the German naval forces stationed in occupied Flanders during WWI.
The Sint-Petrus-en-Pauluskerk is a Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic church located in the heart of Ostend. It’s widely considered one of the city’s architectural masterpieces and a defining feature of the skyline.
