Fort de la Pompelle
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Kaiser Wilhelm II
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Great photos. 
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John Josef
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Absolutely stunning that's for taking the time to share your beautiful photos here.
southsando
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Thank you for the photos! Absolutely on my bucket list!!!
KAGGR#1
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michiel
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thanks for sharing these photos!
A lot of forum members don’t like the new way these are displayed in the fortress, they liked the old style better, I don’t agree ( I did visit the museum both before and after the renovation, the old wooden cupboards don’t match up to these new showcases with illumination.
And really a must see for any pickel addict
A lot of forum members don’t like the new way these are displayed in the fortress, they liked the old style better, I don’t agree ( I did visit the museum both before and after the renovation, the old wooden cupboards don’t match up to these new showcases with illumination.
And really a must see for any pickel addict
Khukri
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Thank you for sharing!!
-as I posted before: the original Charles Friesé collection display is no longer existing. Many pieces are no longer displayed. Theme's pulled apart. In the name of the make over. Therefore it lost its soul.
-the Larcade volumes give the most accurate impression of the "old" / original Friesé collection display in Fort de la Pompelle.
But Michiel; you are right! The museum and the modern displays are great. I will go and visit again. Sure.
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Thank you for the photo reportage, Tony.
You can see the original display in the video below. I also liked that previous setting better because I would ask the curator to open the window for me and he would let me grab a helmet and examine it....
As Khukri reminded us, this fabulous collection of 550 helmets was amassed by Charles Friese, an architect in the city of Nantes, in the 1950's and 1960's, when hardly anybody would care about those "casques boches" (the first Pickelhaube that was given to me when I was a kid had been found a long time before by an uncle on the head of... a scarecrow, on the countryside near Nantes).
I met an old architect in Nantes a few years ago. He was of the same generation as Friese and used to know him very well. He told me that his collection was then presented in his own professional office, walls being covered with shelves!
You can see the original display in the video below. I also liked that previous setting better because I would ask the curator to open the window for me and he would let me grab a helmet and examine it....
As Khukri reminded us, this fabulous collection of 550 helmets was amassed by Charles Friese, an architect in the city of Nantes, in the 1950's and 1960's, when hardly anybody would care about those "casques boches" (the first Pickelhaube that was given to me when I was a kid had been found a long time before by an uncle on the head of... a scarecrow, on the countryside near Nantes).
I met an old architect in Nantes a few years ago. He was of the same generation as Friese and used to know him very well. He told me that his collection was then presented in his own professional office, walls being covered with shelves!
