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New Toys For the Sudan Arrived
Camel Corps patrol with various brands (l-R) Trophy, Red Box - medical team, Imperial Productions, and old vintage Britains. They all fit in well together. CLICK ALL PIX TO ENLARGE.Christmas has...
View ArticleFife & Drum Hiatus for October 2016
The Fife & Drum and Minden companies will go on a month's hiatus for the entire month of October 2016. I will be on the Christopher Duffy tour of SYW battlefields for the first half of the month,...
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On the Road to Berlin
My flight is about to take off, but I will be blogging regularly about the Christopher Duffy tour. So come on back and I will see you tomorrow in BerlinJim
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Day One In Berlin
I arrived at Berlin Tegel early in the morning at 7 am and it was still dark, but the airport was still a busy hive of activity. Collected my luggage and cleared customs easily and then headed to my...
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Day 2: at the Berliner Zinnfiguren Store
Tuesday morning came around much too quickly, but with 7-8 hours of sleep I feel that I have adjusted to the time zone differences. I had a nice breakfast of meat, cheese and croissants with orange...
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Day 3: Lobositz
The Lobosch Hill at Lobositz, infested by Croats in 1756, but a very quiet place today.Messes Bunger, Rubottom and I checked out of the Hotel Otto this morning ( after another brief stop at the...
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Day 4: Kolin
Austrian victory monument at KolinWe left Prague this morning and headed east for the short trip to Kolin, the site of Frederick's first defeat by the Austrians.The short summary of the battle goes...
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Day 5: Hochkirch
We visited both Maxen and Hochkirch today and I want to have two separate threads on each battle to do them justice. We also visited Freiburg but much of the battlefield is covered with suburban sprawl...
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Day 6: Hohenfriedberg & Leuthen
Mollendorf's Gate at the Leuthen ChurchToday we travelled into Poland to see The Big One: the Battle of Leuthen fought on December 5, 1757 as well as Hohenfriedberg, fought in October 1745. Leuthen is...
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Day 7: Torgau
The church at Elsnig where Frederick recovered from being hit by a spent musket ball during the battle of Torgau.We travelled northwest of Dresden today to visit the site of the Battle of Torgau,...
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Day 8: Koenigstein Castle & Dresden
A drawing of Koenigstein by Canaletto, circa 1756.Today we started our journey by taking a ride from Dresden to Pirna and a final destination at Festung Koenigstein.Koenigstein provides a commanding...
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Day 9: Kunersdorf & Zorndorf
Roundshot (12-pd) on the lower left and a unicorn shell on the lower left/right. Gregory hold a piece of grapeshot in his right hand and a 6-pd roundshot in his left hand.We left Dresden this morning...
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Day 10: Sans Souci
We visited Frederick's palace of Sans Souci in Potsdam on Wednesday October 12, 2016. I will just post some of the pix for your viewing pleasure. Sans Souci is a small palace by contemporary standards...
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Battle of El Teb in the Sudan
British Heliograph & Signal Corps team and Indian screw gun (Little Legion 54mm toy soldiers)NOTE: click or double click all pictures to enlarge the view. They are spectacular when you look at the...
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Frederick Statue Collection
Fritz collection on the bookshelves of my library room.Over the years I have been collecting statues and figures of Frederick II (the Great) of Prussia whenever I can find them. On my recent trip to...
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I'm Back! Shipping Orders Again & Other News
Fife & Drum is now back and shipping orders once again. As you might recall, I took the month of October off for vacation and to recharge my batteries. I resumed shipment of Fife & Drum orders...
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Some New Stuff
The front view of Sans Souci - click or double click all pictures to enlarge the view.New Stuff, the First: I am contemplating making a minor change with this blog and replacing the header picture of...
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I'm Looking For Painters
Baron von Muchausen goes airborne.Now that I am retired, I have more time to devote to things that were lower on my priority list. One of those items was to paint samples of EVERY MINDEN FIGURE and use...
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Friday Potpourri - Rearranging the Furniture
Der Alter Fritz at the Berliner Zinnfiguren store in BerlinI have managed to keep myself busy during the first couple of weeks of retirement, and I sort of wonder where does the day go each day. I...
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Egyptian Lancers in the Sudan & Thanksgiving Greetings
The annual pumpkin pie that I bake for our Thanksgiving Day dinner. The crust is home-made, as are most of the other ingredients.I want to wish everyone in the U.S. a warm and happy Thanksgiving. I...
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