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Assyrian officers of the Iraq Levies

Place: Iraq
Date: 1920s

Group portrait of ten Assyrian officers of the Iraq Levies in uniform, five seated in front and five standing behind.

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Wigram, The Assyrians and Their Neighbours (1929), via Internet Archive

W. A. Wigram (author); photographers not named · Published 1929 in London (G. Bell & Sons); public domain in the United States (published before 1930).

Assyrian officers of the Iraq Levies

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