Beltring 2004 Photos

ln July 2004 Das Heer attended the War and Peace show at Beltring in Kent. We put on a 'Road to Dunkirk' scenario where we had just taken over abandoned hastily dug British positions. In and around these position were abandoned allied equipment and weapons. In the road were strewn personal effects dropped by fleeing French refugees. The display was very well received by other re-enactors and the public alike - one remarked that the personal effects made it even more real and that it emphasised the true cost of war.

Please note that the first seven photographs were used with the kind permission of Peter Riding at Ashton Lamont Photography. For further details please see our links page

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Schwarzmuller

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MG34 maintainence

 

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Weisser shows the stress of close combat

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Schreiber finds time to relax

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Bremer with Leutnant Hager

 

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Bergmann

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Group sign

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The site before we arrived

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Hard at work!

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A fine body of men supplied by the RAD!

 

 

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Abandoned equipment on the road to Dunkirk

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Before the public arrive

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Weisser and Kelner

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Practising rifle drill

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The Kriegsberichter records the event for posterity

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Discussing the day's action

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Squad leader

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Authentic German meal provided by our German friends

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Unteroffizier Kelner contemplates the situation

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Ostmann confers with a Feldwebel from a reconnaissance unit

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Sharing a meal with our allied friends!

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Ostmann

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Schwarzmuller

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Our foreign member as an Aufklarungs Feldwebel

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Herr Leutnant fraternising with the enemy

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The aerial recognition flag shows the Luftwaffe control the skies

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Weisser takes a swig from his waterbottle

 

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Schreiber and Schwarzmuller next to an abandoned Vickers MG

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Kelner and Weiss with the MG34

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Awaiting orders

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Leutnant Hager and the Reichsmarshall

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Everyone becomes nervous when the Gestapo arrive!

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Soldaten sharing a joke during a lull in the fighting

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Some members donned late war uniforms and participated in the battle

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Number 2 on the MG Team

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Awaiting a possible counter attack

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Veterans of the 27th

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"Gelande frei von feinde Herr Hauptmann!"