Tin figure diorama of the Battle of Fredericksburg is now in the American city

[böckchen]

Yes Mark,
it's a sad thing.
Even from my position, the exhibition is on another side of the island. 
And schwetzingen in I could not join in yourself, just my show pieces and Dios. 
It can be seen by the way also orginale Keith Rocco pictures, as far as I know. 

[marko]

Very cool indeed!  Sadly in terms of finesse Fredericksburg does not have any but, there is plenty of bravery and moments of tragic glory.  Good deal this.

We in this country - the US - don't seem to honor our history and military very much as Europe seems to.  Many of our Civil War battlefields are fighting against the pace of development and smaller battlefields tend to be forgotten.  However, visiting one of the big ones - Gettysburg is unbelievably moving when you see the terrain and distances men traversed under fire to come to grips with the enemy.  A shame we don't have more preservation jobs like it.

Would love to see the diorama but, unfortunately I am on the wrong coast, looks fantastic.

Mark

[böckchen]

"Karl Wörn house represents the first time from abroad"

"There are moments in the life of a collector, are particularly and make the heart beat faster - tonight is one such." Obviously proud and moved the Schwetzingen Alfred Umhey presented on Thursday evening (local time) in the new twin town Fredericksburg tin figure diorama, with whom he and his seven colleagues had already caused in the exhibition in the Karl-Wörn house sensation.
As you have seen there the joy at the American guests on the detailed reenactment of the Battle of Fredericksburg with over 2800 hand-painted miniatures, the idea has matured to present the diorama even when the scene had played exactly 150 years ago, described Umhey, how it had come to the exhibition opening in the U.S. sister city. In a small gallery in the city he had on Tuesday along with the yard boss Volker Ziegler stowed in 24 individual packets plates that had been flown for free thanks to a sponsor in the United States, put back together.
"This is the first exhibition of Karl Wörn home and abroad," Mayor Dr. René Pöltl said with a grin, before he came up with a big surprise for the American hosts. Place as planned for three months to the diorama remain permanently in the United States: "This is our gift for our American friends."
Return gift: Three images
Municipal Matt Kelly expressed his thanks for the extraordinary gift: "We greatly appreciate this and feel really honored," he said, visibly moved. Will illustrate the model as a kind of memorial, "what war can do to people. We hope that such a thing never happens again."
As a sign of gratitude to the city of Fredericksburg, he handed Pöltl turn three pictures with scenes of the famous battle of the Civil War, May 11 to 15 December 1862 and lasted thousands were killed in the Confederate soldiers and the northern states and wounded.
"The diorama is fantastic and it is difficult to imagine how much work it comes with. It is an appreciation of Fredericksburg" was not only impressed Elesky Hanna (19) in an interview with our newspaper of the miniatures and model homes.
15th December 2012

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