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Lot of 13 vintage color 6x4 photographs documenting war-damaged buildings and SFOR peacekeeping presence in Bosnia and Herzegovina, likely Sarajevo and Mostar, circa summer 1999 (based on a 07/99 marking on the back of one print). Images include shell- and bullet-scarred apartment blocks and Austro-Hungarian era buildings, a roofless bombed-out structure, damaged concrete relief folk-art panels on a building facade, and graffiti tags (AMEL, NEDIM, MAD, 1st ARMY ZIZA). Several standout photos show uniformed NATO/SFOR peacekeeping soldiers in green berets standing before a damaged apartment building, one photographing the wreckage; another shows soldiers walking past a woman in red near sandbags with a domed building beyond. A poignant Bosnian Muslim cemetery photo shows wooden and stone grave markers with crescent moons and legible names/dates (Dedic Edad, Demirovic Selim 1972-1992, Saric Muhamed), tying the set directly to 1992 war casualties. A street sign reading 'Centar' and a Yugoslav-plated military van (Y-323 686) add further location and period detail. All prints are color, standard photo-lab borders, taken mostly from a moving vehicle or roadside vantage points; a few show minor motion blur and light fading consistent with age, otherwise good condition overall. Associated with the estate of USAF Col. Patricia Jane Harrington.