Well protected from the cold by his heavy fleece coat, a Landsturmmann from an unidentified formation poses in front of an unpainted sentry box or Schilderhaus.
Sword in the Desert (1948)
From Jugend, 1908.
Here’s Cupid up to date, from The Sketch, 1905.
Gary Cooper (Paramount, 1930s)
Roza Shanina | Роза Шанина
Soviet sniper during World War II who was credited with fifty-nine confirmed kills, including twelve soldiers during the Battle of Vilnius. Shanina volunteered for the military after the death of her brother in 1941 and chose to be a marksman on the front line. Praised for her shooting accuracy, Shanina was capable of precisely hitting enemy personnel and making doublets (two target hits by two rounds fired in quick succession).
A design patent for the Tom Corbett Space Cadet Rifle. By Mahlon Hirsch for the toy maker Louis Marx, 1953.
Della Lind (Grete Natzler), 1937
czechoslovakian matchbox labels (by maraid)
Unidentified man with rifle (by Provincial Archives of Alberta) Lovett, Alberta, 1916.
Nobody messes with Uncle Dan.
From the ever-amusing Forest & Stream - Vol. 45 (1895)