The Alert, Badonviller
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917 - 1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: associated person
content: Morgan, Wallace
label: artist
content: Morgan, Wallace
notes: label: Description
content: Charcoal sketch on paper of two soldiers standing lookout in a trench in Badonviller, France. Both soldiers are holding rifles and are scanning the area, having apparently been alerted to incoming enemy action. A forest of shell-torn trees surrounds the trench.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
label: depicted
content: France: Grand Est, Badonviller
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.25784
label: catalog number
content: 25784
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: charcoal (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13 1/8 in x 18 15/16 in; 33.3375 cm x 48.10125 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 12 in x 18 in; 30.48 cm x 45.72 cm