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OriginalSwiss Armed Forces preparing a war pigeon to deliver its message.
Reason
Having realised I've fuully restored this twice, and that any remaining detail is very minor and very localised, I think I'm feeling happier about this. And it passed Commons FPC, so maybe I'm being too hard on myself.
Articles in which this image appears
Homing pigeon, Swiss Armed Forces, War pigeon
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/WWI
Creator
Anonymous/Swiss Federal Archives; restored by Adam Cuerden
Note that the officer has a bigger hat. – Sca (talk) 14:03, 19 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Abfertigen einer Meldung durch Brieftauben - CH-BAR - 3240471 - restoration.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 07:01, 29 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]