Dummy injured soldier used during training, WW1

A dummy injured soldier used during training at Camouflage School, Kensington Gardens, during the First World War. The Germans would dress up a dummy in captured khaki to look like a British soldier, and place it in No Man's Land. Sometimes a hand or arm would be raised by means of a cord, as if asking for assistance. The idea was to lure British soldiers out to attempt a rescue, and then shoot them

Assistance Deception Decoy Dummy Khaki Lure Trick

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