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PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN DURING THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR 1904-05 BY FIRST LIEUTENANT ERWIN FRANZ - Rare album with numerous inserted photographs, leather binding, likely privately compiled by First Lieutenant Erwin Franz. 33.5 x 47.5 x 7.5 cm The officer is likely Erwin Freiherr von Franz (born 1876), an Austro-Hungarian general staff officer who served as an observer in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904/05. He wrote a report, published in 1911, about his experiences in East Asia, which offered insights into the developments in artillery and machine guns at that time.