Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, get into a motor car to depart from the City Hall, Sarajevo, shortly before they were assassinated by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on 28 June 1914.

Item

Description
Heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, get into a motor car to depart from the City Hall, Sarajevo, shortly before they were assassinated by the Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip on 28 June 1914.
Date
28 June 1914
Century
20th century
Decade material covers
1910s
Type
Photograph
Subject
Western Front
Figures
Government Official
War
First World War
Contemporary Country
Serbia
City
Repository
Imperial War Museums
Collection in Repository
Imperial War Museum Photograph Archive Collection
Repository Item Record
IWM item record