"Norwegian uniforms" Topic
4 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
In order to respect possible copyright issues, when quoting from a book or article, please quote no more than three paragraphs.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the 18th Century Gallery Message Board
Areas of Interest18th Century
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Recent Link
Top-Rated Ruleset
Featured Showcase Article The Acolyte Vampires return - based, now, and ready for the game table.
|
| Grigork | 26 Jan 2014 10:54 a.m. PST |
|
| Chokidar | 26 Jan 2014 11:48 a.m. PST |
Wow, what a find! I am incredibly jealous!. Did they have a book shop?
Thanks so much for posting.
C |
| Grigork | 26 Jan 2014 12:05 p.m. PST |
I think so I didn't have time to look properly I dawdled too long looking at the displays. I picked up some nice WW2 books at the Resistance museum in Oslo. |
| Chokidar | 27 Jan 2014 4:26 a.m. PST |
This just goes to confirm my already high opinion of Norwegian military museums.. and I am now desperately trying to find an excuse to go to Trondheim! Several years ago a sadist sent me to Oslo in January and the one bright spot (apart from a warm café situated in a book shop, the wonderful bread and cakes and the extremely friendly Norwegians) was a visit to Oslo castle and the military museum. First of all I was in admiration of the Guards – marching in hob-nailed boots on ice on some of the inclines at the castle is incredible. Hats off gentlemen, I am not sure even our Foot Guards could manage that!
The museum was packed with interesting things, including light guns mounted on sledges, Swedish and Norwegian 3 pounders side by side that really allowed one to answer the question "well all light guns look the same" (hint the Norwegian version is much squatter – which is probably eminently sensible for the terrain) and overall a great museum. It was in those days (maybe still is) at least in theory under the administartive control of the army so the front desk was manned by a very helpful young man from that day's guard detail – complete with duty gorgette. He went to endless lengths to find a way for me to stagger off with half of the book shop by paying with a credit card (even if he would not bend the rules on photography on the upper floor). One of my happy memories in life!
C |
|
