Richecourt France Vue Generale Destroyed Village WW1 Picture Postcard For Sale

HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE:Richecourt holds immense historical weight. Located at the foot of the strategic Montsec hill, this entire village was completely devastated and leveled during four years of brutal trench warfare in the St. Mihiel Salient. On September 12, 1918, it was liberated in a famous offensive by General Pershing's American Expeditionary Forces (AEF), specifically involving the U.S. 1st Division ("Big Red One") and the 42nd "Rainbow" Division.PUBLISHER: Authentically stamped on the reverse side by the historic firm "Phototypie artistique de l'Est C. Lardier, Besançon (Doubs)", a renowned French producer of regional ephemera during the early 1900s.