Museumscenter Hanstholm

[Jens thune]

Hi all, this summer I went to visit a museum in northern Jutland, close to my grandparents..

There are 4 large bunkers that, under the war, each had a 38cm kanon mounted..

I can recomend everyone to visit this museum and the surounding area, there must be hundreds of small bunkers, I have visited the place more that 20 times and I can still find places that I have not seen yet..

Here is one of the 4 largest bunkers

[Jens thune]

Here is a part of the only surviving kanon..
The battery had a maximum range of 55 km.

[Jens thune]

More...

[Jens thune]

And a few more

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Jens, thanks for the pics.

Some of the guns look like they still have their original paintwork on them. Great stuff!

Cheers, Ade.

[Jens thune]

Yes I was waiting for someone to notice it.. they have a few tunics aswell, I will post more pictures later..

Kind regards
Jens

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Jens, I will look forwards to seeing them.

Cheers, Ade.

[Jens thune]

Here are some tunics..

The m43 jacket was nice and seemed to have all original factory aplaid insignia
The Pz wrapper was made of garbadine cloth and imo was tailor made for a officer, partially stripped, and then badly restored for museum display.. the tabs were very nice imo..

[Jens thune]

A few more from the surrounding beaches

[Jens thune]

.. and more

[Jens thune]

Only one of the 4 largest bunkers have been restored, the others are almost forgotten and lies in a nearby woods.. ofcourse these are the most interesting:wink:

But flashlight is needed and map

[RaymondG]

Excellent thread, Jens.

Thanks for sharing your information with us all

Raymond