A capsule contains a message written by a Prussian soldier who used a carrier pigeon to send it more than a century ago has been found in France.
More than a century after it was a message meant to be delivered by carrier pigeon has been found by a pair in Alsace, France. The couple was out for walking in September when they came upon the tiny capsule, which contained the scrolled message.
It turns out the message — written in German — is from a Prussian soldier based at a former German town that is now French, and it details military maneuvers. It’s addressed to a superior officer, confirmed Dominique Jardy, curator at Linge Museum at Orbey in eastern France.
The message is marked July 16, but the handwriting is hard to decipher and the year is unclear; based on the time frame of the First World War, it could’ve been sent between 1914 and 1918, but it was most likely sent in 1910.
