War memorial Appelweg: Before and after

ByKoen van Velzen 25-08-201612-02-2026

Memorial Appelweg old: The old situation: covered with a brick layer with glass shards — The old situation: covered with a brick layer with glass shards

Today I was in Amersfoort again, near the Appelweg. I took advantage of that opportunity to take a few pictures of the new capping stones on the war memorial that Gerard and I had refurbished recently.

Below the situation before and afterwards. The soldier course with broken glass has been replaced by a capping layer in Bentheim sandstone. Read here more about this project.

Memorial Appelweg-the new situation: sandstone capping blocks- and capping stones — The new situation: sandstone capping blocks- and capping stones

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