Showing posts with label Museums. Show all posts
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Saturday, July 26, 2014

Musee de l'armee at Les Invalides

During our recent visit to Paris we visited Musee de l'armee at Les Invalides.  This was my 4th visit.

Here are just a few general shots from the visit.


Bronze cannons lying about.. careless?  :-)

A 'Napoleon'.

I'd never before realised that the stonework around these dormer windows was shaped as suits of armour.

The stonework is being cleaned and repaired.. looking great.

Napoleon's tomb... still impressive, even after 4 visits


A French 75 (the famous 'soixante quinze').

War of the Pacific 1879-1884

This week's other game was an 1880 foray into another South American War using Jon's 15mm South American armies, albeit that the pro...