British soldier using a Macedonian oven, Salonika, November 1916

Lantern slide, World War One, Salonika (1914-1918), 1916.

The oven was probably situated in 'The Birdcage'. This was a fortified line constructed by the Allies in the hills around Salonika. The British and French had first landed there in October 1915 to bolster their Serbian ally.

From a box of 111 slides associated with the Balkans, 1914-1918.