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Showing posts with label French Army. Show all posts
Showing posts with label French Army. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Some Gave All: Memorial to French War Dead. Gandelu France
Some Gave All: Memorial to French War Dead. Gandelu France:
Labels:
1910s,
1930s,
1940s,
1950s,
1960s,
Blog Mirror,
France,
French Algerian War,
French Army,
French Indochinese War,
In Memoriam,
World War One,
World War Two
Location:
02810 Gandelu, France
Sunday, January 13, 2019
Some Gave All: War Memorial, Coulombs, France. The war memorial in Coulombs, France, dedicated to the men of the town who lost their lives in World War One and World War Two. The flags are those of France and the European Community.
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
Some Gave All: French Military Museum at The Invalides
Some Gave All: French Military Museum at The Invalides:
These are photographs of the absolutely incredible museum at The Invalides, a structure which was originally a French hospital but which was converted by Napoleon to military use.
All photographs by MKTH.
The amount of material at this museum, including these cannons, is absolutely incredible Everything from and about French military history can be found there.
These are small artillery models. Incredibly detailed.
Model soldiers depicting Napoleonic Wars era troops.
French Military Museum at The Invalides
These are photographs of the absolutely incredible museum at The Invalides, a structure which was originally a French hospital but which was converted by Napoleon to military use.
All photographs by MKTH.
The amount of material at this museum, including these cannons, is absolutely incredible Everything from and about French military history can be found there.
These are small artillery models. Incredibly detailed.
Model soldiers depicting Napoleonic Wars era troops.
Martial musical instruments.
Coat and hat of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Napoleon's hat.
Napoleon's horse.
Portrait of Napoleon as Emperor of France.
Russian uniforms of the World War One and civil war period.
This uniform reflects the typical French uniform of the Franco Prussian War period on to early in World War One.
Uniform of German landser, World War One, post 1915, with Maxim 08 machine gun.
M1916 German helmet with death's head, as used by Freikorps units.
Polish uniforms circa World War One.
American Army uniform as worn in Siberia by American troops committed to Russia during World War One.
Flag of French forces that were committed to Russia from 1914 to 1919.
World War One era French cavalry display.
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