The military antiquities fair attracted several hundred collectors this Thursday, November 11 at Fort Guentrange. After a blank year due to the restrictions linked to the pandemic in 2020, the organizing association, Texas Oklahoma, put the dishes back in the big places with the presence of nearly fifty exhibitors, some of whom came for the first time. “We have three four new ones but overall they are the same ones that come back every year. The atmosphere remained very family-oriented, ”assures Jean-François Hild, the president of the organizing association. Germans from Nuremberg, Belgians, Luxembourgers, Savoyards, they all have a rendezvous with history in a place steeped in history. “Organizing a scholarship in a gymnasium would be more practical, there are large doors, a parking lot… There is none of that here, but there is a soul. The place is legendary, ”continues the enthusiast.
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An intimate setting
Spread over the seven adjoining rooms with a raw and intimate character, some of the exhibitors have had the same location for years. Eric Pierret, who is also a member of the Texas Oklahoma association, is one of them. The collectors were the first to cross the gates of the fort from 7 am for the most motivated. It was then the walkers – 500 were expected – who took over, discovering unusual objects for a trip on the battlefields of the two world wars. Helmets, caps, military medals, uniforms, boots, crutches, rolls of honor, military magazines, photos, buttons, gourds, stoves, in short everything that has accompanied the men in their daily life as soldiers. Among the bundled up onlookers, a man in impeccable uniform strolls through the bays of the fort. Thierry is also a member of the association and officiates as a guide. “I joined the association in 2006 a bit by chance and I never left again” Passionate, he knows the fort like his pocket and is still amazed. “The Germans equipped the place with a boiler room, the technology of which was very innovative for the time. “
