L'infirmière boche Gheynst, B. V. D. (Benoni Van der), 1876-1946, artist. Nurses World War I Multicolored caricature of a scary, evil looking German nurse. She is dressed in a dark blue uniform with a large iron cross on her chest, a broad Red Cross arm band, and a brown leather holster for two guns. She is holding a revolver in each hand and standing next to a dead person. Boche is French slang for the Germans derived from alboche, which was a combination of two words-allemand (German) and caboche (pate, head). Purchase; Michael Zwerdling; 2004; 04-22. Brussels : Lumen G.L. & Co., [1915] Zwerdling, Michael, former owner. Lumen G.L. & Co., publisher. Postcard Still image 1 postcard : 14 x 9 cm color nlm:nlmuid-101671026-img 101671026 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101671026 OCLC: 935632009 French Germany This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use.