These cards were issued in 1937 by a number of German cigarette companies and were included in packs of cigarettes for collecting by the consumer. Although these cards were created after the war, they are colorized versions of photos taken by the German War Ministry during the war. They show scenes of soldiers’ daily life during the First World War. In this collection there are scenes from a makeshift trench barber shop, soldiers playing a piano in an evacuated town, and soldiers heading to battle. Barber Shops were important in the later parts of the war since large bushy beards made the use of gas masks ineffective.
