Tour De France cyclists in a cheese shop window … 🚴‍♀️ 🚴🚴🏿‍♂️🧀

This amazing collection of Tour De France cyclists is displayed at one of fromagarie (cheese factory) shops in Bayonne (France).

Visiting Museum of the Sea in Biarritz 🌊⚓️🇫🇷🦑🦀🐠🐟🐋 (Part 2)

Fishing and whaling...

Visiting Museum of the Sea in Biarritz 🌊⚓️🇫🇷🦑🦀🐠🐟🐋

Biarritz Aquarium, also known as le Musée de la Mer (Museum of the Sea), is an aquarium in Biarritz. The building, in art deco style, was opened in 1933. The museum exhibition shows all about the history of fishing in the Bay of Biscay. Navigation instruments, historical collections and explanations of tuna fishing and whaling by Basque fishermen.The museum also has a fascinating collection of the fish and invertebrates that live in the Bay of Biscay displayed in 24 aquariums with over 150 species including sharks, saw fish and the guitar ray.

Napoleon 1st and the Murat family

Napoleon 1st and the Murat family. This postcard was issued by Stengel&Co Gmbh Dresden(Germany).

Visiting Spike Island : Drill Shed

The gun drill shed located at Spike Island and Britains Deetail soldiers. The 6 inch gun was mounted for for training purposes in a covered building on the north of the island known as the Drill shed.

 

Armoured vehicles of the Warsaw Pact

These plastic models (~1/30) of armoured vehicles were produced in DDR by Pneumant (VEB Plastaform Gräfenthal) company in 80s. You can see here PT-76 amphibious light tank, T-54 main battle tank and ZSU-57-2 Mobile self-propelled AA gun. These USSR designed armoured vehicles were operated by DDR NVA army and other countries of the Warsaw Pact (e.g. Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary). All these toy tanks are equipped by friction motors !

 

German Winterhilfswerk (WHW) Kriegsmarine battleships

These small plastic Kriegsmarine battleships, charity donation badges, were distributed within the Winterhilfswerk (Winter Relief) - an annual donation drive run by the National Socialist People's Welfare to help finance charitable work (plastic c. 55 X 15 mm).

Day of the Russian Navy

Day of the Russian Navy honors the sailors in units of the Russian (USSR) Navy and its specialized arms (Naval Aviation and the Coastal Troops consisting of the Naval Infantry and the Coastal Missile and Artillery Troops). It is celebrated annually, on the last Sunday of July.

Lineol Infantry-band

Lineol(Germany) produced 7.5 cm sets of marching musicians for Heer, Luftwaffe and FLAK troops. Lineol made also figures of musicians representing different German paramilitary organisations of that time: SA, SS, RAD, Hitler Youth, Jungvolk, BdM, Stahlhelmbund and NSFK.

 

Elastolin Reichswehr/Wehrmacht Cavalry

More photos of Elastolin Reichswehr/Wehrmacht cavalry figures that were produced in 30s.

French postcard with military toys from WW1

This one will be a general ! Phototypie A. Bergeret, Nancy.

Vintage Postcard of Ron Wall Miniatures Toy Soldiers Display

Vintage Postcard of Ron Wall Miniatures Toy Soldiers Display at the Toy Shops in Galena IL from the W. Paul LeGreco Collection (c.1970).

Unknown teachings of Don Juan ..

Divination with spirits of Compass Jellyfish and turning into a Brown Crab.

Visiting the Gun Park on Spike Island.

Spike Island (Ireland) is home to a unique collection of artillery pieces. The collection at Fort Mitchell traces the use of artillery in Ireland from the 1700’s up to the present-day Irish Army. The collection includes the Bofors L/60 and L/70 40mm anti-aircraft guns, and the British Ordnance QF 18 and 25-pounders. Others such as a 17-inch anti-tank gun and a 4.7-inch coastal gun are one of a kind examples in Ireland. You can also find the FV101 Scorpion tank, a British armored reconnaissance vehicle. 

Lineol Flak gun 950

This Lineol Flak gun 950 is quite a rare model. It was produced alongside the later 88mm gun for a while. This model was based on the real Flak 102 of the World War I.