Not much is left from the French fortifications or even from the ground of Bir Hakeim which makes the work of reconstitution slow and difficult. Even so with some patience and time you get a reasonable collection of features from this famous battlefield. The Roman well was a part of the Bir Hakeim complex and in fact the item that gave existence to Bir Hakeim. Unfortunately its a tricky one to find in images both in books or the Web. But after googling in French some more information comes and the Roman well can be found.
This photo came from a pilgrimage made to Bir Hakeim in 1955.
This is another one from the series of photos taken by the Germans after conquering Bir Hakeim were its proximity to the Turkish fort can be seen.
I made my own Roman well in styrofoam and bits of plastic and card.
The model well is around 16cm long. As its something small you don´t need to reduce the model and you gain another unique structure.
Some 2,40 meters of barbed wire was made from matches glued to 16 large ice cream sticks with metal barbed wire wrapped around it. It will be used to mark the extensive minefields around Bir Hakeim. Another issue solved is the barbed wire bases for my Omaha beach as I only had 9 bases of it.
Next: the Plancenoit wall
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