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09-03-2013, 10:36 AM
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The object with the helmeted soldier profile is part of a matchbox cover.
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09-03-2013, 11:06 AM
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If anyone has ever seen the Canadian film Passchendaele (2008) the main character is asked by an Officer during a recruiting drive what is the most important item a Soldier can carry, or something like that....expecting some kind of "patriotic answer" but the Sgt (decorated by DCM) replies "Dry matches"-and he goes on to say as if you are shaky and a smoke can steady you up 
So, this is not just a matchbox cover, in dog soldiers terms of importance- if you know what i mean! 
Pete
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11-10-2019, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by pattiewhack
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hello pattiewhack, I was in El Alamein last week (November, 2019), and could not locate the Sherman with French FL-10 turret there. Do you have a location to provide to me for the next visit please?
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11-10-2019, 10:57 AM
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Do you have any pictures of your visit? It seems the original pics are gone.
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11-11-2019, 05:09 PM
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Same here . . . I would sure like to see the photos, but they are all gone!
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11-14-2019, 05:42 AM
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photobucket crap for the future ... 
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searching Uniforms of Kavallerie Regiment 17 Bamberg
searching everything from LW Fliegerhorst ILLESHEIM
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11-14-2019, 08:10 AM
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Would be interesting to know if this memorial is even still standing given all the conflict in Libya since these photos were taken. Definitely can’t do any North Africa battlefield tours anymore.
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11-14-2019, 12:31 PM
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11-14-2019, 01:05 PM
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Thanks! Great thread, I doubt those ceremonies are held anymore.
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11-14-2019, 01:33 PM
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El Alamein is in Egypt not Libya, there are tours there from Alexandria.
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11-14-2019, 02:28 PM
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Right, slipped my mind. Anyway I'd still be interested to know the state of WWII tourism & monuments in both countries, Egypt has been on a downward spiral as well.
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11-16-2019, 07:28 PM
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Sfk20, have you been to Eygpt and gone or attempted to go on a battlefield tour. I ask because what you said about not being able to go out to the battlefields is what a friend of mine also said.
He was living in Cairo for a few years until things started to heat up over there a few years ago. He did get a bit more specific with details though. I was just curious about your experience.
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