Last year I visited the main military sites of Belgium including Waterloo. This year I decided to go to Paris for a long weekend while I had the time. Of course the main place of interest was the Musee De L'Armee and I spent a whole afternoon their taking notes. It is most distressing when you are so concerned with military accuracy in your wargames army to find from looking at the real thing how incorrect you are. I had always trusted the Funkens but now I have found how incorrect their details on the French Marine 1812 are I am not so sure. For any Napoleonic enthusiast this museum must be considered a Mecca, but there is also a fantastic collection of mediaeval arms and armour as well as a fine collection of uniforms before and during the 1914-18 war. I visited all the shops mentioned in your book and I have one more that might interest you. Petitot, 234 Boulevard St. Germain which is reputed to contain a great deal of interest to military enthusiasts including books, prints and lead soldiers. it is situated on the left bank near the museum. Also available in Paris on the bookstalls on the Quais are a set of military prints of let Empire uniforms at approximate 1y 37p each which compare most favourably with anything of that type sold over here. Also one can buy for 75P a very pleasant book on French military uniform over the last 1,000 years containing many prints from the Musee De L'Armee. In my opinion a very good buy. It is by Henri Lachouque entitled 'Dix Siecles de Costume Militaire. Another fact is that works of the Funkens only cost £ 1.75 but Historex figures cost about the same as at home. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 117 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1971 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com