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What do soldiers do best besides
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DRINKING AND
SINGING! |
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Infanterie! |
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Foot soldiers song and the trumpet Revielle!This is part of the beautiful
restored bunker with a complete
inventory and more BunkerArt! |
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Inside a 'Jägerstand St.Pt. Rotenstein',
Vazon Bay, Guernsey, C.I., GB
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photo's:
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Paintings in an old foyer, Linselles,
F. They were painted as a comic strip directly
on the wall-paper of a tavern used by the
Germans. Fortunally they were saved after the
war!
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photo's: AD |
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Zum Schwarzen Kater |
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Marines drinking pints at the black cat, inspired by
the U-boast sign or a night-club? |
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Cat times 3: the emblem seems to
have originated from the famous U-48 but then it was
used on many other boats as officers moved on
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Inside a bunker used by the Kriegsmarine, La
Rochelle, F
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photo's: JF |
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die Libell am Teich' (Frohsinn macht reich) is on old German
song by R. Löwenstein - (1819-1891). So, don't worry be
happy! |
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This bottle of
Carlsberg can't be bought at your local store! |
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Er drinkt der Mann,
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es sauft das Pferd |
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Bei der M.Fl.A. geht's umgekehrt! |
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a man drinks, a
horse tipples, but with the marine anti aircraft unit it's the
other way around! |
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a drawing with a
text Deutsche Lieder next to it? |
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Inside fort
du Corbeau, Brest, F |
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photo's:
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Wer nicht liebt Wein, Weib und
Gesang |
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bleibt ein Narr sein Leben lang |
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Who does not like a drink,
women and fun |
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stays a jester his whole
life long |
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by
Martin Luther (1483-1546),
a saying that first appeared in Wandsbecher
Bote, 1775, then in the
Musenalmanach, 1777, of Johann
Heinrich Voss, who may merely have claimed Luther to have said
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Inside
a group bunker somewhere in the Cherbourg-East region, F,
07-2002 |
photo: SD |
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wer nicht liebt
wein, weib und gesang |
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der bleibt
ein Narr sein leben lang! |
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and below some details
on the walls! |
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Inside
a canteen somewhere on the Atlantikwall in The Netherlands |
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photo's: HBP and ES |
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Inside a little abbey used as a small field hospital close to Monte Cassino, I |
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photo's: MM |
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Medieval scenes, but
made by German troops... |
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Es trinkt der Mensch, |
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es säuft das Pferd |
doch manchmal |
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es umgekehrt |
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man drinks and
horses drink heavily, but often it's the other way around |
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darf nicht saufen: |
I
may not drink: |
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a) |
vor
der Verlegung |
before
transfer |
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b) |
vor
dem Einsatz |
before
action |
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am
21. Januar |
on
January 21 st |
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bis
zur Rückkehr |
before
returning |
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"abends immer!" |
but
always at night! |
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heaven ... do you want a drink? |
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Inside
a bunker somewhere on the AW in Holland |
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photo:
HBP |
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...
they don't come any better than this! Let's have another drink ...! |
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Inside
a canteen somewhere on the AW in Holland |
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photo's: JdJ |
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Du hast mit deinem Rauschen |
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mir ganz berauscht den Sinn |
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your noice has intoxicated me |
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Wer nicht liebt Bier und
Gesang |
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Der bleibt ein Nar sein
Leben lang |
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Who does not like a drink and fun stays a jester his whole life long |
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Böse Menschen haben keine Lieder |
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mean people don't sing |
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Freut euch des Lebens - So lang
noch das Lämpchen glüht |
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enjoy life, as long as the lamp is burning |
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two photo's: HBP |
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Es zogen drei Burschen ... |
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three lads went on their way ... |
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Im
Wein liegt Wahrheit
nur allein |
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truth lies just within whine |
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Wer niemals einen Rausch gehabt
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who has never been drunk... |
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Im
Leben geht alles vorüber |
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everything goes bye... |
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Wer nicht bereit oder fähig ist |
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für sein Da sein zu streiten, |
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dem hat die ewig gerechte |
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Vorsehung schon das Ende |
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bestimmt. |
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fate has forever condemned those who are not willing or able to
fight for there own place in time |
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... a drunken man resting against a lamppost |
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photo: HBP |
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Katzen
Jammer |
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the cat keeps on trying but just can't reach the fish ... so never
give up! |
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... so in general a song and a drink helps you to forget your
worries ... |
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CHEERS! New year
1940-1941 and some more small drawings, medieval figures?
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Inside an old mine used as an ammunition storage in the Gironde
region, F |
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photo's: GL
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Inside
some bunkers around le Havre, F |
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photo's:
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An other 3 great drawings
related to drinking.... the soldier gets some beer for his comrades: Laß... |
Kein Karussel: Not
drunk? The soldier can
not sit up straight anymore... |
A drunken soldier fell off
the bench singing, his girl friend does not look too happy...
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a drunken German
soldier after to much French wine... detail to the right. Below painted
blinds next to the entrance defence and a landscape |
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inside
a Flak bunker, Fermanville, Osteck
Cherbourg, F |
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photo's: FC |
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And second to that some of them were real
artists: |
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A nice view of ? and the classical Lily
Marlene! The soldier and his girl friend at the
gate of the army barracks saying good-bye! |
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Inside bunkers in Hanstholm (DK) and
Toulon (F) |
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photo's:
AD |
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Almost faded country views. |
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Inside a bunker
R-502 underneath the college Keranroux, Brest, F |
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photo's:
G.E.R.F.A.U.T. 29 |
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Inside some
bunkers, Stp. Heliotrop, St. Etienne-aux-Mont
near Boulogne,
F
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photo's:
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Inside fortress Haerlem, Hellevoetsluis,
05-2012 |
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Danzig ist Deutsch! The well-known Krantor gate in Gdansk, Poland.
One of the most well-known sites in the city even today! |
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Detail and the same view today to the left. The details are correct,
see the old picture below! |
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Inside a now demolished barrack, camp Beauregard,
F
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photo's: AD |
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great fresco of a guy
playing the guitar for his girl-friend |
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Inside a Küver bunker, Bloemendaal aan Zee,
NL |
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photo:
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left: 3 naked men in 'Third
Reich style' overlooking the sea |
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left: inside the swimmingpool of Ordensburg Vogelsang, D |
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right: inside a bunker somewhere on the AW in The Netherlands |
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photo: HBP |
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right:
a nice winter wonderland! |
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Anschl. n. Bad
Mergentheim 12.00 |
Gefr. Pschibert
Kan. Brömling |
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connection to Bad
Mergentheim 12.00 |
1941 |
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Inside an old mine used as an ammunition storage in the Gironde
region, F |
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photo's: GL |
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Some officers
celebrating x-mas? See the table with presents, burning candles and
x-mas branches. |
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Inside a bunker in the Cap Griz-Nez area, F, 10-2006. After
scaping off the chalk for 6 hours they succeeded in reveiling this
large fresco! |
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photo's: JB/RH |
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what a great
discovery! |
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a medieval party
playing cards and a Bavarian style window... |
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inside one of the barracks in the old fortress in the
entrance to the harbour
of Cherbourg, F |
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photo: FC |
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Inside a bunker somewhere on the AW in The Netherlands |
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photo: HBP |
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a kind of
spooky mural! This fresco was made in the fifties or sixtees for some
kind of haunted house event! |
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Inside
the Kriegsmarine Hospital Hardighen, Pas de Calais, F, 07-2005 |
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photo: LJdV |
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an other cat ... |
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Inside a bunker somewhere in the Osteck, Cherbourg, F |
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photo: ER |
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the
silhouettes of two soldiers painted on the wall |
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Inside a complex somewhere on the AW in Holland |
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photo's: HBP |
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Die Welt is rund so as
dit Rad |
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un ok son Knubbels und Spurren hat |
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a German sailor and
his girl-friend ... he'll have to go! |
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Inside the former German officer's mess,
MKB Nordberg, N |
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photo's: EE
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an
other great barrack! |
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Inside a barrack somewhere in Norway |
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photo: ER |
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a
mermaid and a shield |
Vf group bunker belonging to a Wassermann
site, Cap Dramont near Frejus, F, 07-2003
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photo's: AvB |
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plenty
of everything...a real Cornucopia! Look at the picture from a
distance... |
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Inside a bunker St.Pt. Ca-011, F
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photo: BK |
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emplacements 'Großer Kurfürst', 4*28 cm. Cap Gris Nez, Pas
de Calais, F, 05-2003 |
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AvB |
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some
desert scenes...probably made by German soldiers during Rommel's
North-Africa campaig |
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the Brialmont fortress, one of the fortresses around
Antwerp, B |
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photo's: PT |
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the
recreational area with all sorts of fresco's still existing today!
Take a look: |
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Inside
the former Dutch fortress, Kernwerk Festung IJmuiden, NL,
05-1991, 01-2001, 12-2004
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left:
a medieval castle, probably Malbork, some soldiers and a sailing
ship |
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below: one of the famous gun-bunkers of battery 'Lindemann'.
Reconstruction by RO to the right. |
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a German soldier attacking an Allied tank with a 'Panzerfaust'
and a lovely lakeview... |
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a
tree with weapons and a text in a German dialect... |
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Wo es Isen gift un Eiken
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Do sind ok Lue, de dobie
passt! |
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'Where
there is iron and oaks-trees grow, there are also people that match
with it' |
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es Eisen gibt und Eichholtz wächst, da sind auch Leute, die
dazu passen!' |
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It is said often Kriegs Marine soldiers from the south of Germany made these murals,
following are some shields of German or Austrian provinces or cities. |
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Franken |
Steiermark? |
München |
Austria:
Tirol and |
Oberdonau
and Wien |
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left:
Province of Hamburg (?) and Schleswig-Holstein
right: crest of
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Inside the command bunker R-636, Hirtshals, DK |
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photo: TS |
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right: Inside fortress Haerlem, Hellevoetsluis, 05-2012 |
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two great fresco's showing the German alpine landscape |
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Inside a groupbunker R 622, Stp. Blücher, De
Haan, B, 2004
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photo's: TC |
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Inside an ammunition room inside the old French fortress Paris and
Pontoise, in Cormeilles-en-Parisis, F |
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photo's:
CL |
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all
kinds of 'Bavarian' style murals inside an observationbunker |
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Inside an observation bunker
R 120,
HKB Hirtshals, DK |
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photo: TH |
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| Inside
a complex somewhere on the AW in Holland, 03-2002 |
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night on the town and sign of the Marine Artillerie. (as
seen in the Oldenburg, a reconstruction by RO to the right) |
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a
fresco of a 28 cm K5 gun firing! The famous Signal photo! |
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| Inside
a groupbunker VF, Bruneval, Normandy, F, 04-2001 |
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photo's: SD |
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a room
with a view!
some painted windows
and a bicyclist on the wall...
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| Inside
a commandbunker 'R 636 Befehlsstand fűr
Heereskűstenbatterie', Batterie Grande
Gouin near Brest, F, 07-2002 |
photo's: LvdW
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A fairy tale bunker
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Inside
a bunker somewhere in the Stp.Gr. Zandvoort, NL |
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photo's:
ES
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