Illustrated by Fabien Fabiano in January 1917, this La Baïonnette cover captures a quieter side of the First World War. A decorated French soldier smiles while holding a small portrait of a woman—treated less as a keepsake than as a lucky charm.
Titled Fétiches et Mascottes, the image reflects how wartime culture encouraged soldiers to carry talismans and symbolic objects as emotional stabilizers.
Affection becomes portable; intimacy is reduced to an image meant to steady men amid industrial violence.
Illustrated by Fabien Fabiano in January 1917, this La Baïonnette cover captures a quieter side of the First World War. A decorated French soldier smiles while holding a small portrait of a woman—treated less as a keepsake than as a lucky charm.
Titled Fétiches et Mascottes, the image reflects how wartime culture encouraged soldiers to carry talismans and symbolic objects as emotional stabilizers.
Affection becomes portable; intimacy is reduced to an image meant to steady men amid industrial violence.
